The films of Martin Ritt fanfare for the common man - Miller, Gabriel (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2000)
Discovering a vocation: childhood, college years, work in the theater and television – The making of a film director: Edge of the City and No down payment – William Fualkner and Jerry Wald: The long hot summer and The sound and the fury – Lost in Europe: Five branded women and Paris blues – Ernest Heimingway and Jerry Wald: Hemingway's adventures of a young man – The death of the western hero: Hud and Hombre – Rashomon redux: The Outrage – Secret Agent Man: The spy who came in from the cold – "I believe in America": The Brotherhood – The Valley of Death: The Molly Maguires – The African American experience: The great white hope, sounde, and conrack – Suburban interlude: Pete 'n' Tillie – Exorcizing the blacklist: The front and Casey's shadow – Unions and road movies: Norma Rae and Backroads – A Portrait of the Artist: Cross Creek – On the road again: Murphy's romance – Funny Girl: Nuts – Summing up: The black Orchid and Stanley and Iris – Conclusion