Martin Balsam
33 titles
Filmography
33 results

12 Angry Men
(1957)A twelve-person jury becomes increasingly tense with arguments continuing into the night as one juror must convince the other eleven he is right.

Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)TORA! TORA! TORA! realistically chronicles the events leading up to the incredible attack on Pearl Harbor; the bad decisions and the bravery are chronicled from both American and Japanese points of view. In 1941, the Japanese and the United States are in conflict and unable to resolve their differences through diplomatic challenges. The Japanese military instigates covert plans for a surprise Sunday morning attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet, based at Pearl Harbor. Codebreakers in the U.S. Intelligence are able to decipher some of the Japanese messages but are unable to convince the top brass that the attack could and will happen.

Miles To Go Before I Sleep
(1975)An elderly man works to fill his lonely life with meaning by volunteering at a rehab center where he tries to help a streetwise teenage girl.

Catch-22
(1970)The tale of a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. Separately and together, they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. Catch-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions.

Confessions of a Police Captain
(1971)In a city mired in high-level corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney over questionable techniques used to nab an elusive mobster.

The Stone Killer
(1973)A tough New York cop realizes that a gangster is planning carnage, revenge for a shootout that introduced non-Sicilian elements to organized crime.

The Defender (Studio One)
(1957)A young lawyer and his firm-owner father defend a 19-year-old accused of a murder he denies while facing a compelling prosecution argument.

Blood and Diamonds
(1978)Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Guido Mauri seeks revenge against the men who did him wrong after he’s released from prison.

Meet Him and Die
(1976)An undercover cop deliberately gets incarcerated to infiltrate a notorious gang, using the mission as a cover to exact personal revenge.

Brothers in Blood
(1987)A platoon of soldiers in Vietnam find themselves trapped behind enemy lines. As they examine their grim circumstances, they make a pact.

Mitchell
(1975)A tough, slobby, honest cop risks his life trying to simultaneously take down drug dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burgurlar.

Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)Lauren Bacall and Sean Connery star in this classic Christie adaptation. Hercule Poirot's incredible sleuthing skills are needed to investigate a murder on the Orient Express.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
(1974)On a New York subway train, hijackers threaten to kill the strangers aboard if they don't get their million dollar ransom in an hour.

The Anderson Tapes
(1971)Rounding up a gang of top-flight thieves, an ex-con fresh out of prison plans to ransack a posh New York apartment, unaware he's being surveilled.

The Sentinel
(1977)When a beautiful model rents an apartment in a gloomy New York brownstone, little does she realize the unspeakable horrors that await her behind its mysterious doors.

Two-Minute Warning
(1976)A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by captain Peter Holly and SWAT commander sergeant Button, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.

The Delta Force
(1986)When a U.S. passenger plane is hijacked and taken to Beirut, a crack team of commandos embarks on a daring mission to rescue the hostages.

The Salamander
(1981)A string of murders prompts an Italian cop to investigate, with the aid of an industrialist and a colonel, who link the crimes to a fascist plot.

Cry, Onion!
(1975)When an onion farmer buys a plot of land, he’s forced to contend with the orphans of the former owner and an oil baron who wants the land for himself.

Eyes Behind the Stars
(1978)The sense of being stalked makes a photographer and his model halt a forest photo shoot, but the film later shows what appears to be aliens lurking.