Martin Balsam

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12 Angry Men

(1957)

Drama

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden

9.0

100%

96

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Psycho

(1960)

Drama, Horror, Thriller

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast:

Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam

8.5

96%

97

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On the Waterfront

(1954)

Crime, Drama

Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tri...

Runtime:

108 min

Director:

Elia Kazan

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning

8.1

99%

91

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All the President's Men

(1976)

Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.

Runtime:

138 min

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook

8.0

94%

84

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

(1961)

Comedy, Romance

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

Runtime:

114 min

Director:

Blake Edwards

Cast:

Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Patricia Neal

7.6

89%

76

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Cape Fear

(1991)

Crime, Thriller

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitt...

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker

7.3

74%

73

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Murder on the Orient Express

(1974)

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset

7.3

90%

63

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Little Big Man

(1970)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Runtime:

139 min

Director:

Arthur Penn

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan

7.6

96%

63

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

(1974)

Action, Crime, Thriller

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Martin Balsam

7.7

100%

68

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

(1970)

Drama, History, War

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged Ame...

Runtime:

144 min

Director:

Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda

Cast:

Martin Balsam, Sō Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall

7.5

55%

46

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Cape Fear

(1962)

Drama, Thriller

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam

7.7

96%

76

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Catch-22

(1970)

Comedy, Drama, War

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.

Runtime:

121 min

Director:

Mike Nichols

Cast:

Alan Arkin, Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin

7.1

79%

70

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Seven Days in May

(1964)

Drama, Thriller

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Runtime:

118 min

Director:

John Frankenheimer

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien

7.9

92%

73

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St. Elmo's Fire

(1985)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of friends graduate from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex, paychecks, and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he lusts after the stylish Jules. Jules may be an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has pro...

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson

6.4

43%

35

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Hombre

(1967)

Western

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

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Martin Ritt

Cast:

Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell

7.4

100%

80

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Death Wish 3

(1985)

Action

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Michael Winner

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam, Gavan O'Herlihy

5.9

11%

18

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The Sentinel

(1977)

Drama, Horror, Mystery

A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Michael Winner

Cast:

Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, José Ferrer, Burgess Meredith

6.4

50%

19

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The Delta Force

(1986)

Action, Adventure, Thriller

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Runtime:

129 min

Director:

Menahem Golan

Cast:

Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Shelley Winters, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop

5.6

17%

37

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The Bedford Incident

(1965)

Action, Drama, Thriller, War

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

James B. Harris

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Eric Portman, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam

7.4

85%

N/A

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The Anderson Tapes

(1971)

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Runtime:

99 min

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Alan King

6.4

82%

N/A

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A Thousand Clowns

(1965)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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 allow...

Runtime:

118 min

Director:

Fred Coe

Cast:

Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks, William Daniels

7.6

69%

N/A

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La Classe américaine

(1993)

Comedy, TV Movie

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. With his last breath, he whispers: “Shitty world.” The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery… (16 French actors dub sc...

Runtime:

72 min

Director:

Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mezerette

Cast:

John Wayne, Christine Delaroche, Évelyne Grandjean, Dustin Hoffman, Marc Cassot

8.0

N/A

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After the Fox

(1966)

Comedy, Crime

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

Runtime:

108 min

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Cast:

Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff

6.5

78%

N/A

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Two Evil Eyes

(1990)

Horror

Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her doctor/hypnotist lover hypnotize the geezer into signing his dough over to her. The old man dies while under...

Runtime:

120 min

Director:

Dario Argento, George A. Romero

Cast:

Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, E.G. Marshall, Madeleine Potter

6.1

55%

61

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The Six Million Dollar Man

(1973)

Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (bionics) built into them will make him faster, strong...

Runtime:

74 min

Director:

Richard Irving

Cast:

Lee Majors, Barbara Anderson, Martin Balsam, Darren McGavin

7.1

N/A

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Two-Minute Warning

(1976)

Action, Thriller

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

Larry Peerce

Cast:

Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, Marilyn Hassett

6.2

N/A

46

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The Stone Killer

(1973)

Action, Adventure, Crime

A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Michael Winner

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo, Stuart Margolin

6.2

N/A

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The Carpetbaggers

(1964)

Drama

When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest fri...

Runtime:

150 min

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Cast:

George Peppard, Carroll Baker, Alan Ladd, Martha Hyer, Elizabeth Ashley

6.5

33%

N/A

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Al Capone

(1959)

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfal...

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Richard Wilson

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff

6.8

N/A

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Cuba

(1979)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Richard Lester

Cast:

Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Héctor Elizondo, Chris Sarandon

5.7

50%

N/A

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Middle of the Night

(1959)

Drama

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerr...

Runtime:

118 min

7.3

N/A

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Confessions of a Police Captain

(1971)

Crime, Drama

A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Cast:

Franco Nero, Claudio Gora, Martin Balsam, Luciano Catenacci, Giancarlo Prete

7.2

N/A

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Everybody Go Home!

(1960)

Drama, War

When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.

Runtime:

120 min

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Cast:

Alberto Sordi, Eduardo De Filippo, Serge Reggiani, Martin Balsam, Alex Nicol

7.7

N/A

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Time Limit

(1957)

Drama, Mystery, War

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing Edwards to move this case to court martial, Edwards becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Karl Malden

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Martin Balsam

7.3

N/A

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The Silence of the Hams

(1994)

Comedy, Thriller

The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.

Runtime:

81 min

Director:

Ezio Greggio

Cast:

Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula, Charlene Tilton

4.7

N/A

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Little Gloria... Happy at Last

(1982)

Drama, TV Movie

The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn in a custody battle between her sybaritic mother and her aunt.

Runtime:

158 min

Director:

Waris Hussein

Cast:

Angela Lansbury, Christopher Plummer, Maureen Stapleton, Martin Balsam, Barnard Hughes

8.3

N/A

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Me, Natalie

(1969)

Comedy, Drama

Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother's encouragement that she will grow up to be pretty, Natalie has never believed it will happen. She rents a Greenwich Village apartment from an eccentric landlady and gets a job at the Topless Bottom Club. She rides a motorcycle to work,...

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Fred Coe

Cast:

Al Pacino, Martin Balsam, Nancy Marchand, Elsa Lanchester, James Farentino

7.0

N/A

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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

(1969)

Action, Comedy, Drama, Western

Older lawman Marshal Flagg (Robert Mitchum) is struggling to transition from the Old West to the more modernized one -- so much so that Mayor Wilker (Martin Balsam) forces him into retirement. Not one to go away easily, Flagg quickly fixates on his old nemesis, McKay (George Kennedy), formerly believed to be dead, who is now back in to...

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, Martin Balsam, David Carradine, Tina Louise

6.2

N/A

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Ada

(1961)

Drama

A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, ...

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Daniel Mann

Cast:

Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker, Martin Balsam

6.7

N/A

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Harlow

(1965)

Drama

Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the '30s platinum blonde movie star.

Runtime:

125 min

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Cast:

Carroll Baker, Red Buttons, Red Buttons, Raf Vallone, Angela Lansbury

5.7

N/A

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