List of the best Martin Balsam movies: Confessions of a Police Captain(1972), Counselor at Crime(1973), Eyes Behind the Stars(1978), Miles to Go Before I Sleep(1974), The People vs. Jean Harris(1981), Catch-22(1970), Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973), The Stone Killer(1973), Trilogy(1969), The Goodbye People(1984), Raid on Entebbe(1977), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1974) ... ...
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
Italy
1972
102 Minutes
Martin Balsam Franco Nero Marilù Tolo Claudio Gora Arturo Dominici Michele Gammino Luciano Lorcas Timothy Brent Aldo Lastretti Calisto Calisti Roy Bosier
One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Crime, Drama
Italy|Spain|USA
1973
101 Minutes
Don Antonio Macaluso
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1978
91 Minutes
Inspector Jim Grant
Martin Balsam Nathalie Delon Robert Hoffmann Sherry Buchanan Victor Valente Sergio Rossi
A fashion photographer and his model suddenly feel they are being watched while on a remote location.
Drama
1974
78 Minutes
Ben Montgomery
Martin Balsam Mackenzie Phillips Kitty Winn Pamelyn Ferdin Dorothy Meyer Elizabeth Wilson Florida Friebus Susan Lynn Matthews Wendy Wright-Hay Alma Collins Lillian Randolph
A retired widower (Martin Balsam) offers friendship and guidance to a wayward teenage girl (Mackenzie Phillips) in Boston.
7.5/10
Drama
France
1981
150 Minutes
Ellen Burstyn Martin Balsam Richard Dysart Peter Coyote Priscilla Morrill Al Ruscio
headmistress mistress defense attorney prosecutor judge doctor disturbing intense melodramatic virginia courtroom new york state bedroom school murder case trial infidelity crimes of passion jean harris confession
Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1970
121 Minutes
Alan Arkin Martin Balsam Richard Benjamin Art Garfunkel Jack Gilford Bob Newhart Anthony Perkins Paula Prentiss Martin Sheen Jon Voight Orson Welles
captain pilot soldier lieutenant doctor witty amusing profound island mediterranean sea war zone horrors of war bombing aviation disillusionment insanity world war ii escape discovery 1940s
A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1973
93 Minutes
Harry Walden
Joanne Woodward Martin Balsam Sylvia Sidney Dori Brenner Win Forman Tresa Hughes Peter Marklin Ron Richards Charley Oberley Minerva Pious Helen Ludlam
wife mother husband daughter dark emotional family home farm france battlefield family death mother/child relationship childhood transformation 1970s
Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her relationships with her mother, her eye doctor ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Crime, Drama
Italy|USA
1973
95 Minutes
Al Vescari
Charles Bronson Martin Balsam Norman Fell David Sheiner Ralph Waite Eddie Firestone Walter Burke David Moody Charles Tyner Paul Koslo Stuart Margolin
ex-cop gangster henchman resident local mobster thrilling intense suspenseful office metro city new york city street crime scene big city race against time serendipity dangerous job suspicion dysfunction
A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1969
110 Minutes
Maureen Stapleton Martin Balsam Mildred Natwick Geraldine Page Susan Dunfee Donnie Melvin
nanny spinster widower boy aunt cousin eerie moving emotional somber alabama small town cemetery new york city house insanity loneliness childhood illness death
"Miriam": Miss Miller has spent her life as a governess for children in some of the most fashionable homes in New York. She is shocked one day to learn that one of her "babies" is expecting... See full summary »
Comedy
1984
104 Minutes
A retiree (Martin Balsam), his daughter (Pamela Reed) and a stranger (Judd Hirsch) share his dream of reopening his Coney Island hot-dog stand.
Drama
1977
150 Minutes
Peter Finch Martin Balsam Horst Buchholz Charles Bronson John Saxon Jack Warden Sylvia Sidney Yaphet Kotto Robert Loggia James Woods Dinah Manoff
commando hostage terrorist government official yitzhak rabin passenger intense suspenseful airplane airport uganda israel terrorism stand-off hijacking commando assault israeli-palestinian conflict quest rescue 1970s
Israeli commandos raid Uganda's airport in 1976 to free hostages from Palestinian-terrorist hijackers.
7.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1974
104 Minutes
Green
Walter Matthau Robert Shaw Martin Balsam Héctor Elizondo Earl Hindman James Broderick Dick O'Neill Lee Wallace Tom Pedi Beatrice Winde Jerry Stiller
criminal police officer negotiator hostage mayor cheeky chilling gritty suspenseful brash new york city subway hijacking crime city life pursuit rescue 1970s
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?
7.4/10
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
102 Minutes
Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier Martin Balsam James MacArthur Wally Cox Eric Portman Michael Kane Phil Brown Gary Cockrell Brian Davies Warren Stanhope
reporter naval officer medical officer commodore seaman captain tense chilling gripping arctic ocean ship infirmary naval warfare nuclear attack obsession journalism communism military life rivalry pursuit
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1965
118 Minutes
Arnold
Jason Robards Barbara Harris Martin Balsam Barry Gordon Gene Saks William Daniels
writer nephew social worker brother amusing spirited witty new york city apartment conformity family child custody growing up quest discovery underdog 1960s
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1974
127 Minutes
Signor Bianchi
Albert Finney Lauren Bacall Martin Balsam Ingrid Bergman Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Sean Connery John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Anthony Perkins Vanessa Redgrave
detective millionaire aristocrat doctor conductor hercule poirot suspenseful uneasy train train station istanbul abduction murder deception mystery 1930s
In December 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.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
111 Minutes
Uncle Harold
Patty Duke James Farentino Martin Balsam Elsa Lanchester Salome Jens Nancy Marchand Philip Sterling Deborah Winters Roland Hall Bob Balaban Matthew Cowles
A young woman struggles for independence.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Haskins
Sean Connery Diane Cannon Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Alan King Christopher Walken Val Avery Richard Williams Garrett Morris Stan Gottlieb Paul Benjamin
burglar ex-girlfriend mafia boss psychopath henchman gripping thrilling suspenseful crafty new york city apartment building crime surveillance robbery dangerous assignment fall temptation pursuit 1970s
After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Comedy
1980
87 Minutes
Elmer Babcock
Tom Smothers Twiggy Martin Balsam Sylvia Syms Michael Witney Geoffrey Sumner Graham Stark Hermione Baddeley
Rattled by his daughter's wedding, an adman (Tom Smothers) makes scenes with a Roaring '20s flapper (Twiggy) only he can see.
Crime, Drama
1976
98 Minutes
Commissario
Yul Brynner Barbara Bouchet Martin Balsam Massimo Ranieri Giacomo Furia Sal Borgese Loris Bazzocchi
hitman mafioso con man informant mobster mob boss brooding suspenseful tense thrilling naples, italy new york italy racetrack revenge murder murder plot hired killers mob revenge
A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1976
138 Minutes
Howard Simons
Robert Redford Dustin Hoffman Jack Warden Martin Balsam Hal Holbrook Jason Robards Jane Alexander Meredith Baxter Ned Beatty Stephen Collins Penny Fuller
reporter editor politician teamwork engaging intricate tense emotional washington, d.c. watergate hotel apartment newsroom parking deck big city journalism political intrigue richard nixon carl bernstein bob woodward scandal
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
7.6/10
Western
USA
1970
150 Minutes
Mr. Merriweather
Dustin Hoffman Faye Dunaway Chief Dan George Martin Balsam Richard Mulligan Jeff Corey Aimee Eccles Kelly Jean Peters Carol Androsky Robert Little Star Cal Bellini
indian gunslinger historian reverend snake-oil salesman pioneer wild amusing emotional saloon village deadwood, s.d. stagecoach household plains american west race relations indian life prejudice injustice
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
105 Minutes
Mac Keeley
Rod Steiger Fay Spain James Gregory Martin Balsam Nehemiah Persoff Murvyn Vye
gangster widow police officer henchman crime boss reporter brutal crafty engaging suspenseful chicago illinois store office prison apartment organized crime al capone loyalty murder
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.
6.5/10
Horror, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1977
91 Minutes
Prof. Ruzinsky
Tina Herazo Ava Gardner Chris Sarandon Martin Balsam John Carradine Jose Ferrer Arthur Kennedy Burgess Meredith Sylvia Miles Deborah Raffin Eli Wallach
model priest ex-boyfriend demon creepy dark new york city apartment building evil spirits protection faith suicide confinement discovery transformation 1970s
A dangerous, violent gang kidnaps a woman and her daughter to extort some money from her rich husband. He and her down-on-his-luck ex-cop ex-husband decide to deal with the kidnappers themselves.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|Italy|USA
1966
103 Minutes
Harry
Peter Sellers Victor Mature Britt Ekland Martin Balsam Akim Tamiroff Paolo Stoppa Tino Buazzelli Mac Ronay
director criminal fan movie star police chief sister amusing lighthearted thrilling italy village prison court movies smuggling impersonation scam guilt prison break quest
An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
5.9/10
Action, Crime, Drama
USA|Canada
1985
90 Minutes
Bennett
Charles Bronson Deborah Raffin Ed Lauter Martin Balsam Gavan O'Herlihy Kirk Taylor Alex Winter Tony Spiridakis John Gabriel Marina Sirtis
architect friend gang leader gang member police chief public defender rousing suspenseful thrilling new york city apartment police station hospital car street murder gangs police work corruption crime
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.
Drama
1961
109 Minutes
Steve Jackson
Susan Hayward Dean Martin Wilfrid Hyde-White Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Frank Maxwell Connie Sawyer Ford Rainey Charles Watts Larry Gates Robert S. Simon
politician wife governor prostitute political consultant emotional spirited united states the south politics ambition secret marriage manipulation rise underdog discovery 1960s
A sharecropper's daughter (Susan Hayward) of dubious repute helps her husband the governor (Dean Martin) clean up corruption.
8.5/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1960
109 Minutes
Det. Milton Arbogast
Anthony Perkins Janet Leigh Vera Miles John Gavin Martin Balsam John McIntire Simon Oakland John Anderson Frank Albertson Patricia Hitchcock
secretary norman bates police officer boyfriend mother creative creepy thrilling motel california highway phoenix office theft mental illness mystery 1960s
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
7.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1962
105 Minutes
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Gregory Peck Robert Mitchum Polly Bergen Lori Martin Martin Balsam Jack Kruschen Telly Savalas Barrie Chase Paul Comi John McKee Page Slattery
stalker lawyer father convict private investigator daughter creepy suspenseful tense disturbing georgia boat prison protection vengeance family rape crime courage escape
A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
7.6/10
Romance, Comedy
USA
1961
115 Minutes
O.J. Berman
Audrey Hepburn George Peppard Patricia Neal Buddy Ebsen Martin Balsam Mickey Rooney José Luis de Vilallonga John McGiver Dorothy Whitney Stanley Adams Elvia Allman
socialite writer wealthy woman love interest dreamy emotional melodramatic new york city store street apartment older woman-younger man love triangle wealth infatuation prostitution love pursuit temptation 1960s
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1959
118 Minutes
Jack
Kim Novak Fredric March Glenda Farrell Albert Van Dekker Martin Balsam Lee Grant Lee Philips Edith Meiser Joan Copeland Betty Walker Lou Gilbert
receptionist widower mother sister daughter father melodramatic gutsy factory office diner restaurant car party may-december romance divorce disapproval engagement business jealousy
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
9.0/10
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Juror No. 1
Henry Fonda Lee J. Cobb Ed Begley E.G. Marshall Jack Klugman Martin Balsam John Fiedler Joseph Sweeney George Voskovec Robert Webber Jack Warden
architect coach businessperson juror judge lawyer tense emotional suspenseful courtroom murder court battles class distinctions justice underdog quest 1950s
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Paul Girard
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam George Macready Whit Bissell Hugh Marlowe
president military officer assistant mistress tense intricate suspenseful washington, d.c. white house office army base texas politics deception political coup cold war discovery rivalry pursuit 1960s
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Sgt. Baker
Richard Widmark Richard Basehart Dolores Michaels June Lockhart Carl Benton Reid Martin Balsam Rip Torn Alan Dexter Yale Wexler Joe Di Reda
colonel major soldier prisoner of war lieutenant captain suspenseful tense gripping court north korea new york city treason court-martial korean war cover-up justice mystery sacrifice discovery
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
4.8/10
Comedy
Italy|USA
1994
81 Minutes
Detective Martin Balsam
Ezio Greggio Dom DeLuise Billy Zane Joanna Pacula Charlene Tilton Martin Balsam
The federal agent Joe Dee Fostar is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Adventure
1979
122 Minutes
Gen. Bello
Sean Connery Brooke Adams Jack Weston Héctor Elizondo Denholm Elliott Martin Balsam Chris Sarandon Alejandro Rey Lonette McKee Danny De La Paz Louisa Moritz
mercenary rebel lover plantation owner soldier brother melodramatic passionate gripping intense cuba factory cuban revolution affair revolution adventure forbidden love transformation rivalry 1950s
An anti-Castro British mercenary (Sean Connery) sees his rich ex-lover (Brooke Adams) in hot 1958 Havana.
6.2/10
Western
USA
1969
91 Minutes
Mayor Wilker
Robert Mitchum George Kennedy David Carradine Tina Louise Douglas Fowley Lois Nettleton Martin Balsam John Davis Chandler John Carradine Marie Windsor Dick Peabody
outlaw lawman marshal bandit mayor nemesis lighthearted amusing rousing new mexico small town train bank heist law enforcement retirement aging unlikely allies gunfight pursuit rivalry
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent, Marshal, and a younger, but vicious, gang leader.
6.1/10
Comedy
UK
1978
113 Minutes
Joe Fiore
Michael Caine Cybill Shepherd Louis Jourdan Stéphane Audran David Warner Tom Smothers Martin Balsam Jay Leno Charles Gray Joss Ackland Jeremy Clyde
finance expert mob boss prince mine owner con artist brash charming confident crafty hilarious iran united states switzerland silver mining money laundering con game crime forbidden love adventure
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Sir Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1997
86 Minutes
Gramps
Morgan Brittany Michael Spence David Richards George Charles Jon Paul Nicoll Robert Frier Marcus Waterman Martin Balsam
A young boy in Alaska becomes involved with the legendary battle between a raven and a wolf.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
128 Minutes
Judge
Robert De Niro Nick Nolte Jessica Lange Juliette Lewis Joe Don Baker Robert Mitchum Gregory Peck Martin Balsam Illeana Douglas Fred Dalton Thompson Zully Montero
attorney stalker father private investigator wife daughter creepy suspenseful tense thrilling frightening atlanta north carolina boat family home bar suburb protection vengeance rape
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1985
108 Minutes
Mr. Beamish
Rob Lowe Demi Moore Andrew McCarthy Judd Nelson Ally Sheedy Emilio Estevez Mare Winningham Martin Balsam Jon Cutler Joyce Van Patten Andie MacDowell
waiter writer party girl yuppie architect college graduate amusing cheeky cool brash georgetown bar apartment restaurant coming of age post-college life lessons career vs. love self-discovery uncertainty
A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1958
123 Minutes
Dr. David Harris
Gene Kelly Natalie Wood Claire Trevor Ed Wynn Everett Sloane Carolyn Jones Martin Milner Martin Balsam Ruta Kilmonis Paul Picerni Alan Reed
actress entertainer mother playwright doctor melodramatic tender new york city college family home summer camp theater catskills acting aspirations love nonconformity family growing up forbidden love
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie... See full summary »
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Leif Erickson Pat Henning James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John Hamilton
dockworker mobster lawyer priest sister brooding gritty powerful port hoboken, n.j. organized crime corruption justice transformation underdog rivalry 1950s
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
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