Martin Balsam — Actor (62)
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Brothers in Blood (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Brothers in Blood
director: Tonino Valerii actor: Bo Svenson / Martin Balsam …
other title: La sporca insegna del coraggio
War is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind enemy lines. There is no way back. No help on the way. It's only a matter of time and these guys intend to "Die Fighting". Bo Svenson and Peter Hooten together again (Inglorious Bastards) join the Late, great Werner Porchat (as a part-time drag queen commando) in this explosive Italian commando film.
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Me, Natalie (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Me, Natalie
director: Fred Coe actor: Patty Duke / James Farentino …
other title: Uma Garota Avançada / Ich, Natalie
Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother's encouragement that she will grow up to be pretty, Natalie has never believed it will happen. She runs away to Greenwich Village to find herself and discovers a vibrant bohemian counterculture.
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Harlow (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Harlow
director: Gordon Douglas actor: Carroll Baker / Red Buttons …
other title: Jean Harlow, la donna che non sapeva amare / Harlow, A Venus Platinada …
Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau becomes Jean's mentor, while a devious Howard Hughes-like mogul grows infatuated with the beautiful young actress. Harlow herself falls for producer Paul Bern before tragedy strikes.
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
director: Burt Kennedy actor: Robert Mitchum / George Kennedy …
other title: Il grande giorno di Jim Flagg / Die Letzten vom Red River …
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
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Second Serve (1986) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Second Serve
director: Anthony Page actor: Vanessa Redgrave / Martin Balsam …
other title: Jogo Perigoso / Segundo servicio
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
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The Warning (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
L'avvertimento
director: Damiano Damiani actor: Giuliano Gemma / Martin Balsam …
other title: L'avvertimento / Tödliche Warnung
During a high-stakes investigation into corporate and banking elites tied to organized crime, a police chief and his team are murdered for refusing a bribe. Meanwhile, another officer finds his bank account credited with a large sum and receives anonymous instructions on how to handle the subsequent inquiry.
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The Salamander (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Salamander
director: Peter Zinner actor: Franco Nero / Anthony Quinn …
other title: La salamandra / Kennwort: Salamander …
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
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Al Capone (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Al Capone
director: Richard Wilson actor: Rod Steiger / Fay Spain …
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
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Counselor at Crime (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Il consigliori
director: Alberto De Martino actor: Martin Balsam / Tomas Milian …
other title: Il consigliori / Im Dutzend zur Hölle …
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a bloody mob war breaks out. It is only through the strong support of his family connections in Sicily that Don Antonio is able to survive the mêlée and come out on top. Aghast at the situation he has caused, the godson becomes his leader's "consigliere," or Counselor at Crime.
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Time Limit (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Time Limit
director: Karl Malden actor: Richard Widmark / Richard Basehart …
other title: Il fronte del silenzio / Når mænd bryder sammen …
Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing Edwards to move the case to court martial, Edwards becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence.
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Blood and Diamonds (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Diamanti sporchi di sangue
director: Fernando Di Leo actor: Claudio Cassinelli / Martin Balsam …
other title: Diamanti sporchi di sangue / Diamantes signo de sangre …
A man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is out for revenge on the gang members he considers were to blame for his arrest. The prize for this deadly fight is a large cache of diamonds.
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Silver Bears (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Silver Bears
director: Ivan Passer actor: Michael Caine / Cybill Shepherd …
other title: Uomini d'argento / Silber, Banken und Ganoven …
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa, consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi. This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he's worked for, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife.
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A Thousand Clowns (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
A Thousand Clowns
director: Fred Coe actor: Jason Robards / Barry Gordon …
other title: L'incredibile Murray / Tausend Clowns …
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.