Martin Balsam
Actor
Films to Rent
- Twelve Angry Men (12 Angry Men) (1957)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley…
- Henry Fonda holds–out on a unanimous jury who wish to convict an alleged murderer. A sweltering tension is worked up as he struggles to…
- Al Capone (1959)
- Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory…
- Rod Steiger is a belligerent Scarface in this throwback to the 30s gangster films.
- Carpetbaggers, The (1964)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker…
- Drama based on the best–selling 1961 novel by Harold Robbins about a cheerfully vulgar business tycoon (perhaps modelled off Howard Hughes),…
- After The Fox (Caccia alla Volpe) (1966)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland…
- Peter Sellers plays a con–man who escapes jail and must masquerade as a film–director, managing to pull off a major gold bullion…
- Me, Natalie (1969)
- Dir. Fred Coe
Feat. Patty Duke, James Farentino, Salome Jens…
- Thoughtful, though occasionally mawkish coming–of–age tale with Patty Duke as a young woman struggling with low self esteem and fighting…
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Elaborate account of events that led to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, told from both American and Japanese veiwpoints. Explosive finale.
- Little Big Man (1970)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam…
- Life–story of 121–yr old 'white' Indian Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) at first lightly sketches his progress from Cheyenne brave to…
- Anderson Tapes, The (1971)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam…
- An inventive, if over–ambitious thriller in which a master–thief (Connery) recently released from prison plans a difficult heist, without…
- Stone Killer, The (1973)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin…
- Charles Bronson and director Michael Winner duet for this pre–DEATH WISH actioner about a disgraced NYC cop who joins the L.A.P.D. where he…
- Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam…
- Extravagent production of Agatha Christie's mystery with Albert Finney as Poirot rounding up an all–star cast of suspects.
- Taking of Pelham 123, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam…
- Superlative '70s heist movie – four gunmen hi–jack a train and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute the ransom is late. Taut,…
- Two Minute Warning (1976)
- Dir. Larry Peerce
Feat. Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam…
- Questionable Charlton Heston thriller set in a pro–football stadium, where a group of cops must take down a sniper in the crowd before he opens…
- Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (1976)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Martin Balsam, Cliff DeYoung…
- A TV film dramatising the events of the Lindbergh kidnapping, in which the son of aviators Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was abducted…
- Second Serve (1986)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Louise Fletcher, Martin Balsam
- Vanessa Redgrave gives a remarkable performance in this TV–movie true–story as a transexual…
- Delta Force, The (1986)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam…
- Typically explosive Cannon Films production that marked the last box office hit for the martial–artist–turned–film–star Chuck…