Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Liebman, Pat HIngle and Barbara Baxley in Norma Rae (1979), directed by Martin Ritt, who was born in New York City and had 30 director credits, from two episodes of a 1950-51 tv series, his first feature in 1957, through 1990. His other entry on both my and the New York Times 1,000 Best Films list is Hud with Paul Newman.















