Martin Balsam

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

Dir. Blake Edwards · With Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.

Dir. J. Lee Thompson · With Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

Dir. Alan J. Pakula · With Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Dir. Arthur Penn · With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George

When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.

Dir. Luigi Comencini · With Alberto Sordi, Eduardo De Filippo, Serge Reggiani

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.

Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

Dir. Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer · With Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone

In 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.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Dir. Dario Argento, George A. Romero · With Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

Dir. Michael Winner · With Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.

Dir. Larry Peerce · With Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam

A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.

Dir. Mike Nichols · With Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Dir. Michael Winner · With Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Dir. Menahem Golan · With Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam

Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist Kevin, drama queen Jules, lovesick waiter Kirby, and Wendy, a social worker with a heart of gold--realise the party is over. And as the burdens of maturity close in on the young dreamers, the complexities of adulthood and the daily struggle of growing up put their sacred friendship to the test. But everyone knows life is not a bed of roses. It won't be easy, but when all is said and done, what will it take for St. Elmo's clique to find its place in the real world?

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy

Rookie FBI agent Jo Dee Foster has been assigned to work on the case of the Psycho Killer, a psycho killer who has psycho-killed over 120 people. But to learn more about his target, he's forced to meet Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza, a famous doctor turned cannibal who ate pizzas with human body parts. Meanwhile, Jo's girlfriend, Jane Wine, has just stolen $400,000 in cash from her money-hungry boss, Mr. Laurel, so she and Jo can be happy, but gets lost in a horrible storm and stops at the Cemetery Motel, where the owner, Antonio Motel, is dominated by his insane mother.

Dir. Ezio Greggio · With Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane