Biography
Harriet Frank Jr. was born on March 2, 1923 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Hud (1963), The Cowboys (1972) and Norma Rae (1979). She was married to Irving Ravetch. She died on January 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
as Self
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind th...

Screenwriters on Screenwriting
2008
This documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Explore the challenging world of the screenwriter with renowned industry writers.

Stanley & Iris
1990
Screenplay
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
1985
Screenplay
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
1979
Screenplay
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
1974
Screenplay
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
1974
Screenplay, Producer
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
1972
Screenplay
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

The Cowboys
1972
Screenplay
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
1969
Screenplay
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
1968
Screenplay
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.

Hombre
1967
Writer
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when ...

Hud
1963
Writer
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
1960
Screenplay
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
1960
Screenplay
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
1959
Screenplay
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
1958
Screenplay
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
1955
Story
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

Ten Wanted Men
1955
Story
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power ...

Whiplash
1948
Screenplay
An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

Silver River
1948
Screenplay
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming o...

A Really Important Person
1947
Screenplay
A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.