Martin Ritt

MARTIN RITT d1990. American director and actor who worked in both film and theatre noted for his socially conscious films. These include ; The Long, Hot Summer (1958) / The Black Orchid (1958) / Paris Blues (1961) / Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) / Hud (1963) / The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) / Hombre (1967) / The Great White Hope (1970) / Sounder (1972) / The Front (1976) / Norma Rae (1979) / Cross Creek (1983) / Murphy's Romance (1985) / Nuts (1987) and Stanley & Iris (1990)