Martin Nelson Ransohoff was an American film and television producer, and member of the Ransohoff family.
14 Facts About Martin Ransohoff
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Martin Ransohoff had one sister Barbara Burnett and one brother Jack, a nuclear engineer.
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In 1952, Martin Ransohoff co-founded the film production company Filmways with Edwin Kasper.
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Martin Ransohoff found commercial success with The Sandpiper, based on a story by the producer and starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
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Martin Ransohoff produced The Cincinnati Kid, firing Sam Peckinpah as director during filming and replacing him with Norman Jewison; the movie received strong reviews.
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Eye of the Devil was a thriller originally starring Kim Novak, David Niven, and a young actor Martin Ransohoff put under personal contract, Sharon Tate.
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Martin Ransohoff executive produced Our Mother's House in England and produced Ice Station Zebra.
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Martin Ransohoff then signed a deal with Columbia, who distributed his A Midsummer Night's Dream, Castle Keep, and Hamlet.
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Martin Ransohoff made Catch-22 at Paramount, The Moonshine War at MGM, and 10 Rillington Place and See No Evil at Columbia.
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Martin Ransohoff signed a contract with Paramount to make movies for them.
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Martin Ransohoff went on to produce such films as Silver Streak, Nightwing, and The Wanderers.
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Martin Ransohoff made a short lived TV series Co-Ed Fever but focused on features: A Change of Seasons, American Pop, Hanky Panky, and Class.
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Martin Ransohoff had success with Jagged Edge based on a script for Joe Eszterhas.
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Martin Ransohoff died on December 13,2017, at his Bel Air home in Los Angeles.