Martin Ritt

Martin Ritt Trailers

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo TrailerAnthony Quinn: An Original TrailerBroadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Trailer

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

Most Popular Martin Ritt Trailers

Total trailers found: 34

Back Roads Trailer (1981)

13 March 1981

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

Paris Blues Trailer (1961)

27 September 1961

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

Murphy's Romance Trailer (1985)

25 December 1985

Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but things turn complicated when her ex-husband shows up.

The Black Orchid Trailer (1959)

12 February 1959

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.

Conrack Trailer (1974)

27 March 1974

A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families.

Edge of the City Trailer (1957)

04 January 1957

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

The Great White Hope Trailer (1970)

11 October 1970

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s.

Casey's Shadow Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Young Casey comes from a family of racehorse trainers, and his best friend, a foal called Casey's Shadow, may just be a champion.

Stanley & Iris Trailer (1990)

09 February 1990

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read.

The Sound and the Fury Trailer (1959)

27 March 1959

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

No Down Payment Trailer (1957)

30 October 1957

The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined.

Nuts Trailer (1987)

20 November 1987

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Pete 'n' Tillie Trailer (1972)

17 December 1972

A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Trailer (1965)

16 December 1965

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

The Front Trailer (1976)

17 September 1976

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

The Slugger's Wife Trailer (1985)

29 March 1985

Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an emotional journey that sees his career take off, while hers doesn't.

Anthony Quinn: An Original Trailer (1990)

10 September 1990

Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand jobs before acting in a Cecil B.

The Brotherhood Trailer (1968)

01 December 1968

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.

Hombre Trailer (1967)

21 March 1967

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

Hud Trailer (1963)

28 May 1963

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences.

The Outrage Trailer (1964)

07 October 1964

At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife.

The Long, Hot Summer Trailer (1958)

17 May 1958

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Norma Rae Trailer (1979)

02 March 1979

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer.

Sounder Trailer (1972)

24 September 1972

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

Cross Creek Trailer (1983)

21 September 1983

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

The Molly Maguires Trailer (1970)

08 February 1970

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.

James Wong Howe: Cinematographer Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

1973 documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials with Howe.

Awake and Sing! Trailer (1972)

03 June 1972

The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play.

Winged Victory Trailer (1944)

22 December 1944

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots.

End of the Game Trailer (1978)

05 May 1978

Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann.

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man Trailer (1962)

25 July 1962

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey.

Five Branded Women Trailer (1960)

15 March 1960

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Trailer (1989)

26 June 1989

A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.