Martin Balsam

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974

Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Category: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam

7.6 IMDB Rating 357 Views
The Anderson Tapes 1971

After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

Category: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam

6.4 IMDB Rating 578 Views
The Six Million Dollar Man 1973

After an astronaut and test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants.

Category: Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stars: Lee Majors, Barbara Anderson, Martin Balsam

6.9 IMDB Rating 475 Views
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards

7.5 IMDB Rating 1,408 Views
The Delta Force 1986

When the terrorists Abdul Rafai and Mustafa hijack a Boeing 707 in Athenas with 144 passengers and crew, they use a grenade to force Captain Campbell to fly to Beirut, Lebanon, instead of to Rome and New York. Meanwhile the Delta Force commanded by Colonel Nick Alexander and Major McCoy are assigned to resolve the situation. Abdul and Mustafa separate the Jewish and Marine passengers and they are transported to Beirut, while twelve other terrorists embark on board. Then they fly to Algiers, where the women and children are released. McCoy and the Delta Force team are prepared to attack the plane when Alexander learns that there are now fourteen terrorists on board and not only two, and he aborts the mission. Abdul kills a Marine and returns to Beirut with the male passengers on board. Now the Delta Force needs to act in two locations crowded of terrorists to release the hostages. Will they succeed?

Category: Action, Adventure, Drama

Stars: Chuck Norris,Lee Marvin,Martin Balsam,Joey Bishop,Robert Forster,Lainie Kazan,George Kennedy,Hanna Schygulla,Susan Strasberg,Bo Svenson,Robert Vaughn,Shelley Winters,William Wallace,Charles Grant,Steve James

5.5 IMDB Rating 4,403 Views
Murder on the Orient Express 1974

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.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman

7.3 IMDB Rating 3,961 Views
Catch-22 1970

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Category: Comedy, Drama, War

Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel

7.2 IMDB Rating 7,599 Views
12 Angry Men 1957

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

Category: Crime, Drama

Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam

9.0 IMDB Rating 6,844 Views
Raid on Entebbe 1976

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..

Category: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Peter Finch,Martin Balsam,Horst Buchholz,John Saxon,Sylvia Sidney,Jack Warden,Yaphet Kotto,Charles Bronson,Tige Andrews,Eddie Constantine,Warren J. Kemmerling,Robert Loggia,David Opatoshu,Allan Arbus,Mariclare Costello

6.9 IMDB Rating 3,451 Views