Movies with Martin Balsam
Movies found: 22, viewing from 1 to 20
The Delta Force
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Robert Vaughn, Robert Forster, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Steve James, Lainie Kazan, Bo Svenson
Directors: Menahem Golan
Country: USA, Israel
Year: 1986
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes led by Major McCoy (Norris) and by Colonel Alexander (Marvin) as been called into service to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner and who's involved in the hijacking and try to retake the plane before the terrorists kill all the hostages.
Cape Fear (1962)
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Will Wright, Telly Savalas, Martin Balsam, Robert Mitchum, Paul Comi, Gregory Peck, Jack Kruschen
Directors: J. Lee Thompson
Country: USA
Year: 1962
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter, Nancy. Initially, Cady uses his newfound knowledge of the law (learned in prison) to annoy the Bowdens, then poisons the family dog... Who's next ?
12 Angry Men
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring: E.G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Klugman
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Country: USA
Year: 1957
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
"12 Angry Men" focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis' bases his vote more so fo...
Cape Fear
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Illeana Douglas, Martin Balsam, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Robert Mitchum, Joe Don Baker, Jessica Lange
Directors: Martin Scorsese
Country: USA
Year: 1991
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Sam Bowden is a womanizing lawyer who has cheated on his burnt out, bitter wife Leigh Bowden. Sam, Leigh, and their 15 year old daughter Danielle have moved to a backwater Florida town for a new start, but Sam is already showing signs of fooling around with his clerk, 16 year old Lori Davis. Meanwhile, Leigh broods at home, venting her bitterness on Danielle. But Sam's unfaithfulness becomes the least of Leigh's worries. Years ago, as a public defender, Sam had a client named Max Cady, who was accused of brutalizing a teenage girl. Sam put up a lousy defense for Max after discovering that Max was guilty of brutalizing the girl. Now, 14 years ...
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Martin Balsam, Audrey Hepburn, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, George Peppard, Buddy Ebsen, John McGiver
Directors: Blake Edwards
Country: USA
Year: 1961
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.
All the President's Men
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Starring: Robert Redford, Stephen Collins, Jason Robards, Ned Beatty, Martin Balsam, F. Murray Abraham, Hal Holbrook
Directors: Alan J. Pakula
Country: USA
Year: 1976
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.
Rainbow
Genres: Drama, Biography
Starring: Michael Parks, Martin Balsam, Don Murray, Ben Frank, Jack Carter, Piper Laurie, Donna Pescow
Directors: Jackie Cooper
Country: USA
Year: 1978
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the Movie Studio system that held her back while her mother was forever pushing her to excel.
After the Fox
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Martin Balsam, Peter Sellers, Paolo Stoppa, Maurice Denham, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Akim Tamiroff
Directors: Vittorio De Sica
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Year: 1966
Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world, and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held in, he meets again with his friends, and plans to retrieve the "gold of Cairo" a large shipment of gold, that waits to be unloaded somewhere in Italy. Aldo devices the perfect plan. Posing as a famous director, he finds the ideal coastal village to unload the shipment, and persuades the entire population that he has chosen their village as the set for his new movie. Everybody, including the idiot chief of the local police is so excited, that they can't even imagine that in f...
Seven Days in May
Genres: Thriller, Romance, Drama
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Whit Bissell, Hugh Marlowe, George Macready
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Country: USA
Year: 1964
An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but finds that the nation is turning against him. Jiggs Casey, a Marine Colonel, finds evidence that General Scott, the wildly popular head of the Joint Chiefs and certain Presidential Candidate in 2 years is not planning to wait. Casey goes to the president with the information and a web of intrigue begins with each side unsure of who can be trusted.
Death Wish 3
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Charles Bronson, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam, Ricco Ross, Alex Winter, Alan Cooke, Kirk Taylor
Directors: Michael Winner
Country: USA
Year: 1985
Paul Kersey, New York architect and part-time vigilante, comes to LA to visit an old friend. Instead, he must avenge his death by fighting youth gangs.
A Thousand Clowns
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, John McMartin, Barbara Harris, William Daniels, Gene Saks, Philip Bruns
Directors: Fred Coe
Country: USA
Year: 1965
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
The House on Garibaldi Street
Genres: Drama
Starring: Martin Balsam, Leo McKern, Charles Gray, Topol, Derren Nesbitt, John Bennett, Nick Mancuso
Directors: Peter Collinson
Country: USA
Year: 1979
After World War II, many important figures in Hitler's command escaped Germany and were rumored to be living in South America. Adolf Eichmann, wanted in connection with millions of deaths, is suspected to be living incognito in Argentina. Mossad, Israel's secret intelligence organization is determined to bring Eichmann (if it is him indeed) to justice.
The Carpetbaggers
Genres: Drama
Starring: Martha Hyer, Martin Balsam, Lew Ayres, Robert Cummings, Tom Tully, Leif Erickson, George Peppard
Directors: Edward Dmytryk
Country: USA
Year: 1964
George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. The film's title is a metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for short-term profits, then move on to greener pastures.
Harlow
Genres: Drama, Biography
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Mary Murphy, Martin Balsam, Raf Vallone, Angela Lansbury, Peter Hansen, Carroll Baker
Directors: Gordon Douglas
Country: USA
Year: 1965
In this story, Harlow starts in the movies as set dressing, the pretty girl who is used for the glamour shots. Refusing to descend to the casting couch for work, she finds that she is soon blacklisted from the industry. But an agent named Arthur sees something in Jean and begins representing her. For a long time, the jobs are scarce and consist mostly of receiving the pie in the face in low budget comedies. But Arthur's belief in Jean never wavers and when she finally graduates to featured roles, the critics say that she cannot act, but she is unforgettable. Polishing the image as the girl next door, but with some fire, she begins her climb t...
Psycho
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Mort Mills, Martin Balsam, Frank Albertson, John McIntire, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Country: USA
Year: 1960
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
For Marion Crane, it's been quite an eventful day. The day before, she had stolen $40,000 from her employer's client, packed her bags and driven all day on her way to join her paramour several hundred miles away. Now, she is taking a relaxing hot shower after her long day's journey. The remoteness of the motel suit her purposes perfectly. The only sounds heard are the chirping of the crickets, the splashing of the water, and her humming contentedly as the hot needles of water caress her aching shoulders.
Hombre
Genres: Action, Western
Starring: Paul Newman, Martin Balsam, Val Avery, Margaret Blye, Barbara Rush, Fredric March, Skip Ward
Directors: Martin Ritt
Country: USA
Year: 1967
John 'Hombre' Russel is a man raised by the Apaches, in an Indian colony. He lives with them, when he is informed that he has inherited a lodging-house in the city. He goes to the city and decides to trade the place per a herd. He need to move to another city and gets the stagecoach, which is being replaced by the train, in a special trip paid by Faver and his wife Audra. The stagecoach gathers seven very different passengers, and during the journey, they are robbed. With the leadership of John Russel, they escape with little water, the money that the bandits want and having them in their tail. Along their running, most of them reveal their s...
Two Evil Eyes
Genres: Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Kim Hunter, E.G. Marshall, Adrienne Barbeau, Martin Balsam, Tom Atkins, Harvey Keitel, Sally Kirkland
Directors: George A. Romero, Dario Argento
Country: USA, Italy
Year: 1990
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
"The Facts About Mr. Valdeman." A woman's husband is on his deathbed, and a psychiatrist with whom she's having an affair hypnotizes him so they can get him to sign all his money over to his wife before he dies. The husband dies when he is still in a trance and becomes stuck between the two worlds, and seeks revenge and release. "The Black Cat." A forensic photographer resents his girlfriend bringing a stray cat home. He dispatches the little furball, only to find out he can't rid himself of it that easily. Based on stories by E. A. Poe.
Raid on Entebbe
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Starring: Charles Bronson, David Opatoshu, Martin Balsam, Robert Loggia, John Saxon, Yaphet Kotto, Sylvia Sidney
Directors: Irvin Kershner
Country: USA
Year: 1976
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israely soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring: James Whitmore, E.G. Marshall, Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames
Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Country: USA, Japan
Year: 1970
Available Quality: iPod
In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbour. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might come.
The Stone Killer
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Alfred Ryder, Ralph Waite, Stuart Margolin, Norman Fell, Charles Tyner
Directors: Michael Winner
Country: USA, Italy
Year: 1973
Top detective Lou Torrey is transferred to Los Angeles and uncovers a plot by a Sicilian mafioso to use Vietnam veterans to murder all his enemies in a rerun of the "Sicilian Vespers" when the previous generation of Sicilian mafiosi were all killed on a single day. Torrey gets various clues that something big is about to happen but will he discover what is planned before the big day ?