Irving Ravetch

1920-11-14 Newark, New Jersey, USA 22 Credits

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Stanley & Iris

Stanley & Iris

1990

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

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 inabili...

Murphy's Romance

Murphy's Romance

1985

as Customer

6.1
Acting

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...

Murphy's Romance

Murphy's Romance

1985

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

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...

Norma Rae

Norma Rae

1979

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumpt...

The Spikes Gang

The Spikes Gang

1974

Screenplay, Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with ...

Conrack

Conrack

1974

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

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

The Carey Treatment

The Carey Treatment

1972

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

The Cowboys

The Cowboys

1972

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to ge...

The Reivers

The Reivers

1969

Producer, Screenplay

6.4
Producing Writing

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a t...

House of Cards

House of Cards

1968

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.

Hombre

Hombre

1967

Writer, Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

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

Hud

Hud

1963

Writer, Producer

7.3
Writing Producing

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for...

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife...

Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill

1960

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

1959

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

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, fo...

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

1958

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

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

Run for Cover

Run for Cover

1955

Story

6.6
Writing

An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

1955

Story

5.8
Writing

When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power ...

The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand

1953

Story

5.2
Writing

Zachary Hallock and his son Joshua are farmers who live in a frontier town that suffers the assaults of a band of outlaws. After the murder of a Pinke...

Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley

1951

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, a...

The Outriders

The Outriders

1950

Screenplay, Story

6.9
Writing

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raider...

Living in a Big Way

Living in a Big Way

1947

Writer

5.0
Writing

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.