How many films did Paul Newman and director Martin Ritt make together?

Paul Newman and director Martin Ritt made six major motion pictures together. Ritt was a key director in Newman's career. Critics said that he shaped the way many other actors and directors saw Newman's acting abilities. This started as early as "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958) and continued with "Paris Blues" (1961) and “Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man” (1962). In addition, Ritt also directed Newman in "Hud" (1963), which may have been the actor's best movie, and in "The Outrage" (1964) and "Hombre" (1967). These six movies provide several reasons why actors such as Newman enjoyed working with Ritt so much.

Ritt made movies by and about adults. He gave his actors and actresses grown-up, intelligent roles to fit their personalities. His films almost always explored social issues close to his heart. He made comedies and thrillers and melodramas, but his surest touch was for movies about little people who went up against the system.

Martin Ritt worked for 34 years to make sound, perceptive pictures about people. This is what he truly did in all his films with Paul Newman. Perhaps the best example of their work is the Western drama film "Hud". This film is about a honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon (Melvyn Douglas). He has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud (Newman), who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.