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Martin Ritt Best Movies

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7.4

7.2

Edge of the City

(1957)

John Cassavetes and Jack Warden

Sidney Poitier

Kathleen Maguire

John Cassavetes and Ruby Dee

Kandi's rating:

7.3

7.1

No Down Payment

Cameron Mitchell and Joanne Woodward

Tony Randall and Sheree North

Barbara Rush and Pat Hingle

Jeffrey Hunter and Patricia Owens

Joanne Woodward and Jeffrey Hunter

Kandi's rating:

7.5

7.4

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Orson Welles and Paul Newman

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Anthony Franciosa and Lee Remick

Angela Lansbury

Kandi's rating:

7.6

The Black Orchid

(1958)

Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren

7.3

6.2

The Sound and the Fury

Ethel Waters and Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward and Stuart Whitman

Yul Brynner and Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton and Joanne Woodward

Kandi's rating:

6.6

6.7

Paris Blues (1961)

Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poitier

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

Kandi's rating:

7.6

7.8

Hud (1963)

Melvyn Douglas and Paul Newman

Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas and Brandon De Wilde

Patricia Neal and Paul Newman

Winner
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal was not present at the awards ceremony. Annabella accepted the award on her behalf.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas was not present at the awards ceremony. His co-star Brandon De Wilde accepted the award on his behalf.

Nominee
Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Paul Newman

Best Director
Martin Ritt
(IMDb)

Kandi's rating:

6.3

The Outrage (1964)

7.7

7.6

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Claire Bloom and Richard Burton

Nominee
Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Burton

Kandi's rating:

7.2

7.4

Hombre

Paul Newman

Barbara Rush and Fredric March

Diane Cilento

Richard Boone

Martin Balsam

Kandi's rating:

6.8

6.9

The Molly Maguires

Kandi's rating:

6.7

The Great White Hope (1970)

Jane Alexander and James Earl Jones

Nominee
Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
James Earl Jones

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jane Alexander

Kandi's rating:

7.5

Sounder

Paul Winfield

Cicely Tyson

Nominee
Oscar Best Picture
Robert B. Radnitz

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Paul Winfield

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cicely Tyson
(IMDb)

Kandi's rating:

6.5

6.2

Pete 'n' Tillie

Geraldine Page and Carol Burnett

Nominee
Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Geraldine Page

7.4

7.3

Conrack (1974)

Jon Voight and Paul Winfield

Kandi's rating:

6.6

7.3

The Front (1977)

Woody Allen and Andrea Marcovicci

Zero Mostel

Kandi's rating:

7.4

7.3

Norma Rae (1979)

Ron Leibman and Sally Field

Winner
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sally Field

Nominee
Oscar Best Picture
Tamara Asseyev
Alexandra Rose
(IMDb)

Kandi's rating:

7.6

Cross Creek (1983)

Peter Coyote

Mary Steenburgen

Malcolm McDowell

Rip Torn

Alfre Woodard

Nominee
Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Rip Torn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Alfre Woodard
(IMDb)

Kandi's rating:

6.9

Murphy's Romance (1985)

Sally Field and James Garner

Kandi's rating:

6.6

Nuts

Barbra Streisand

Richard Dreyfuss

Eli Wallach

Maureen Stapleton and Karl Malden

Kandi's rating:

6.3

Stanley & Iris

(1990)

Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro

Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City.

Some of the movies he directed include The Long, Hot Summer (1958), The Black Orchid (1958), Paris Blues (1961), Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962), Hud (1963), The Outrage (1964), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Hombre (1967), The Great White Hope (1970), Sounder (1972), Conrack (1974), Norma Rae (1979), Cross Creek (1983), Murphy's Romance (1985), Nuts (1987) and Stanley & Iris (1990). (Wikipedia)