Cast: Martin Balsam

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Martin Balsam. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Bedford Incident

1965 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James B. Harris

Cast Richard Widmark · Sidney Poitier · James MacArthur · Martin Balsam

Plot An American news writer assigned to interview the captain of the destroyer USS Bedford bears witness to a stunning game of cat and mouse in the frigid waters of the...

6.6

352 votes

6.6

352 votes

Al Capone

1959 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wilson

Cast Rod Steiger · Fay Spain · Murvyn Vye · James Gregory

Plot Steiger provides a fine performance in his portrayal of the famous Chicago mobster. The picture follows Capone's career from his training by a local thug, to the first exhibitions of...

6.6

347 votes

6.6

347 votes

The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · Paul Lynch · Peter Medak · Ryszard Bugajski

Cast William Atherton · Jenny Agutter · Martin Balsam · Jeffrey Tambor

Plot A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

The Twilight Zone: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (TV)

1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Ida Lupino · Martin Balsam · Jerome Cowan · Ted de Corsia

Plot The washed up actress Barbara Trenton is a woman stranded in her past, worshiping and watching her movies of twenty-five years ago in her glorious days. Her housemaid Sally is...

6.4

246 votes

6.4

246 votes

Middle of the Night

1959 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Delbert Mann

Cast Kim Novak · Fredric March · Martin Balsam · Albert Dekker

Plot Jerry Kingsley (March) is a widower, a lonely but successful clothing manufacturer who falls in love with Betty Preisser (Novak), one of his employees. The employee-boss relationship is one hurdle...

6.4

111 votes

6.4

111 votes

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV Series)

2009 · Documentary · 58 min. · United States

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Ken Follett · Norman Lloyd · Alfred Hitchcock · Heywood Gould

Plot "A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers" will look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give...

6.3

36 votes

6.3

36 votes

Catch-22

1970 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Mike Nichols

Cast Alan Arkin · Orson Welles · Jon Voight · Anthony Perkins

Plot A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is...

6.2

757 votes

6.2

757 votes

A Thousand Clowns

1965 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Fred Coe

Cast Jason Robards · Barbara Harris · Martin Balsam · Gene Saks

Plot Twelve-year-old Nick (played by Barry Gordon) lives with his Uncle Murray (Jason Robards), a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social...

6.2

96 votes

6.2

96 votes

Me, Natalie

1969 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Fred Coe

Cast Patty Duke · James Farentino · Martin Balsam · Al Pacino

Plot A plain girl, living in New York, tries to come to terms with the fact that she'll never be beautiful.

6.1

48 votes

6.1

48 votes

Harlow

1965 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast Carroll Baker · Red Buttons · Raf Vallone · Angela Lansbury

Plot A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of the platinum blonde bombshell (Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930's.

6.1

91 votes

6.1

91 votes

Marjorie Morningstar

1958 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Irving Rapper

Cast Gene Kelly · Natalie Wood · Claire Trevor · Ed Wynn

Plot 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, he is...

6.0

69 votes

6.0

69 votes

St. Elmo's Fire

1985 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Emilio Estévez · Rob Lowe · Andrew McCarthy · Demi Moore

Plot Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favorite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy)...

6.0

4K votes

6.0

4K votes

The Sentinel

1977 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Michael Winner

Cast Cristina Raines · Chris Sarandon · Burgess Meredith · Arthur Kennedy

Plot A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some...

5.9

977 votes

5.9

977 votes

Chronicle of a Homicide

1972 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

5.9

42 votes

5.9

42 votes

Ada

1961 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Mann

Cast Susan Hayward · Dean Martin · Wilfrid Hyde-White · Ralph Meeker

Plot Bo Gillis is running for Governor. Steve writes the speeches, Sylvester runs the campaign and Bo plays the guitar. Everything is going according to the plan until a hooker named...

5.7

52 votes

5.7

52 votes

Raid on Entebbe (TV)

1976 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Irvin Kershner

Cast Peter Finch · Martin Balsam · Horst Buchholz · John Saxon

Plot Second of a series of dramas about a daring Israeli commando assult on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

5.7

145 votes

5.7

145 votes

After the Fox

1966 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy

Direction Vittorio De Sica

Cast Peter Sellers · Victor Mature · Britt Ekland · Martin Balsam

Plot Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world, and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held...

5.7

345 votes

5.7

345 votes

Youngblood Hawke

1964 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Delmer Daves

Cast James Franciscus · Suzanne Pleshette · Geneviève Page · Eva Gabor

Plot The International Jet Set...and Youngblood Hawke belonged. All the way from a Kentucky shack to the black-tie intimacies of a Fifth Avenue penthouse.

5.7

43 votes

5.7

43 votes

The Anderson Tapes

1971 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Sean Connery · Dyan Cannon · Martin Balsam · Christopher Walken

Plot A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building....

5.6

795 votes

5.6

795 votes

Silver Bears

1978 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ivan Passer

Cast Michael Caine · Cybill Shepherd · Louis Jourdan · Stéphane Audran

Plot Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (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...

5.6

139 votes

5.6

139 votes