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Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

actor from the United States (1919-1996)
November 4, 1919 (February 13, 1996)

The Last Match

V.O.: L'Ultima Meta
It. 1991. Adventures by Larry Ludman with Oliver Tobias, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Napier.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1991. Thriller by Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange. Upon his release from prison, an unbalanced man sets out to torment the family of a lawyer he holds responsible for his incarceration.
Runtime: 128 min.

Two Evil Eyes

V.O.: Due Occhi Diabolici
It. 1990. Horror by Dario Argento, George A. Romero with Harvey Keitel, Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada. A greedy wife embezzles her dying husband's fortune and a crooked journalist adopts a strange black cat.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1987. Social drama by Georg Stanford Brown with Tyne Daly, Richard Crenna, Martin Balsam. A couple decides to raise their mentally disabled child despite the doctor's advice to place him in an institution.
U.S. 1986. Biography by Anthony Page with Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ. A self-conscious athlete becomes a champion tennis player after undergoing a sex reassignment surgery.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1986. Crime drama by Seymour Robbie with Angela Lansbury, Martin Balsam. An old lady investigates a murder committed during a circus show under the main tent.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Joel Schumacher with Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, Emilio Estevez. The life of a group of young people who meet regularly in a Washington coffee shop.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1985. Thriller by Michael Winner with Charles Bronson, Ed Lauter, Gavan O'Herlihy. A man decides to fight thugs who are terrorizing a run-down New York City neighbourhood.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1983. Social drama by David Lowell Rich with Lindsay Wagner, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed. A prostitute with a long record is convicted of the murder of an elderly woman.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1981. Court drama by George Schaefer with Ellen Burstyn, Martin Balsam, Peter Coyote.
Runtime: 147 min.
U.S. 1980. Spy drama by Peter Zinner with Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam.
Runtime: 120 min.

Gardenia

V.O.: Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Peter Werner with Jean Stapleton, Martin Balsam, Harold Gould.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1978. Sketches by Don Weis with Martin Balsam, Edward Albert, Pat Crowley. An eccentric rich man donates a million dollars to various random people.
Runtime: 100 min.

Eyes Behind the Stars

V.O.: Occhi dalle stelle
It. 1978. Science-fiction by Roy Garret with Robert Hoffmann, Nathalie Delon, Martin Balsam.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1977. Social drama by Robert Markowitz with Martin Balsam, Patty Duke Astin, Doris Roberts. A television writer is shocked when a young boy commits a crime inspired by one of his shows.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1976. Political drama by Alan J. Pakula with Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards. The investigation by Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward into the background of the Watergate affair.
Runtime: 137 min.
U.S. 1976. Fantasy by Michael Winner with Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Arthur Kennedy. A young girl has strange experiences in an old house where she has just rented an apartment.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1976. Drama by Irvin Kershner with Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz. In July 1976, an Israeli commando goes to Uganda to free the passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists.
Runtime: 121 min.

Death Rage

V.O.: Con la rabbia agli occhi
It. 1976. Crime drama by Anthony M. Dawson with Yul Brynner, Massimo Ranieri, Martin Balsam. A hitman is assigned to kill a gangster who once executed his brother.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1975. Crime drama by Andrew V. McLaglen with Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon. A Los Angeles police officer is called in to investigate the death of a burglar in the home of an influential attorney.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1975. Crime drama by Paul Wendkos with Kate Reid, Martin Balsam, Paul Henreid. A female detective investigates criminal activity in a millionaire's home.
Runtime: 78 min.
U.S. 1975. Crime drama by Paul Wendkos with Kate Reid, Martin Balsam, Paul Henreid. A female detective investigates criminal activity in a millionaire's home.
Runtime: n/d
U.S. 1974. Drama by William A. Graham with Lee J. Cobb, Joshua Bryant, Martin Balsam. Efforts to refloat a small submarine stranded off the coast of Florida.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1974. Crime drama by Joseph Sargent with Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam. Four men seize a New York City subway train and demand one million dollars in exchange for the release of the passengers taken hostage.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1974. Psychological drama by Fielder Cook with Martin Balsam, Mackenzie Phillips, Kitty Winn. A lonely old man is brought in to take care of a delinquent teenager.
Runtime: 97 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Sidney Lumet with Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam. Detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American industrialist on board a luxury train immobilized by a snowstorm.
Runtime: 127 min.

Smiling Maniacs

V.O.: Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia
It. 1974. Social drama by Marcello Aliprandi with Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, Martin Balsam. An important magistrate is suspected of having connections with a dishonest industrialist.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1973. Science-fiction by Richard Irving with Lee Majors, Martin Balsam, Barbara Anderson. A test pilot who has been in an accident undergoes an operation that turns him into a living robot.
U.S. 1973. Crime drama by Michael Winner with Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Norman Fell. A cop tries to foil a mob boss's plans to eliminate rival gang leaders by using Vietnam veterans.
Runtime: 95 min.

Le Conseiller

V.O.: Il Consigliori
It. 1973. Crime drama by Alberto de Martino with Martin Balsam, Tomas Milian, Francisco Rabal. The prot
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1973. Psychological drama by Sam O'Steen with Cloris Leachman, Martin Balsam, Marge Redmond. A woman is expecting her first child after eighteen years of marriage.
Runtime: 74 min.
U.S. 1973. Psychological drama by Gilbert Cates with Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sydney. With the help of her husband, a middle-aged woman is able to face her anxieties head-on.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by Jeannot Szwarc with Martin Balsam, Donna Mills, Chuck Connors. A criminal maniac attacks, for a second time, a young woman he left disabled in a first attack.
Runtime: 73 min.
U.S. 1971. Social drama by Joseph Sargent with James Earl Jones, William Windom, Martin Balsam. The political troubles of a Black man who became president of the United States.
U.S. 1971. Thriller by Sidney Lumet with Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam. Upon his release from prison, a man plans a major coup.
Runtime: 99 min.

Confessions of a Police Captain

V.O.: Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica
It. 1971. Crime drama by Damiano Damiani with Martin Balsam, Franco Nero, Marilu Tolo. A commissioner leads a fierce struggle against a shady and very influential business person.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1970. Crime drama by Walter Grauman with Edward G. Robinson, Martin Balsam, Diane Baker. An elderly man cannot convince his family that he has witnessed a crime.
Runtime: 73 min.
U.S. 1970. Satire by Mike Nichols with Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Martin Balsam. During World War II, an air force officer, having completed a significant number of missions, attempts to obtain permission to return to the United States.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1970. History by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku with George Macready, Toshio Masuda, So Yamamura. In 1941, the Japanese attack the American base at Pearl Harbor.
Runtime: 143 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1969. Dramatic comedy by Fred Coe with Patty Duke, James Farentino, Martin Balsam. The difficulties of a teenage girl with an inferiority complex.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1967. Western by Martin Ritt with Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone. A white man raised among the Apaches confronts the criminals who attacked his stagecoach, with the complicity of one of the passengers.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1965. Biography by Gordon Douglas with Carroll Baker, Martin Balsam, Red Buttons. Life of a screen star from the 1930s.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 1963. Social drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March. Unhappy with the signing of a treaty with the USSR, the head of the Pentagon takes the lead in a military plot to depose the President of the United States.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1963. Comedy by Daniel Mann with Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Elizabeth Montgomery. An actor who plays a doctor on television, is besieged by many women.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1961. Sentimental comedy by Blake Edwards with Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Mickey Rooney. A writer takes an interest in an eccentric neighbor.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1960. Horror by Alfred Hitchcock with Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Successive murders occur in a motel run by a strange young man, who lives in the neighboiring house with his crazy mother.
Runtime: 105 min.

Quand la guerre finira

V.O.: Tutti a casa
It. 1960. War drama by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Martin Balsam. After the armistice of 1943, Italian soldiers seek to return home.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1957. Court drama by Sidney Lumet with Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam. A jury?s discussion in a murder case.
Runtime: 94 min.

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