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1. The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
directed by Peter Collinson
featuring Martin BalsamBased on a true story, this made-for-TV spy movie chronicles the 1960 capture of a Nazi in South America. When Israeli agents find out that Nazi ... More
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2. Psycho (1960)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin BalsamIn 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he ... More
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3. There Goes the Bride (1980)
directed by Terence Marcel
featuring Tom Smothers, Twiggy, Martin Balsam, Sylvia SymsRetrograde even at the time of its 1980 release, this filmed version of the mid-'70s play by the same title stars Tom Smothers as Timothy Westerby, ... More
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4. The Salamander (1981)
directed by Peter Zinner
featuring Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Sybil DanningDante Matucci (Franco Nero), a counter-intelligence officer, uncovers a fascist plot to overthrow the Italian government, and as he begins to ... More
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5. Bad Cop Chronicles #1: Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
directed by Damiano Damiani
featuring Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù ToloTwo lawmen play a game of cat and mouse when one suspects the other of being implicated in a murder in this Italian crime drama. Lomunno (Luciano ... More
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6. Cape Fear (1962)
directed by J. Lee Thompson
featuring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin BalsamAfter an eight-year prison term for rape and assault, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is set free. Immediately making a beeline to Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck ... More
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7. The Delta Force (1986)
directed by Menahem Golan
featuring Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert ForsterMenahem Golan melds a Chuck Norris action spectacle with the disaster film genre in The Delta Force. The story is based upon the June, 1985 hijacking ... More
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8. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda
featuring Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. MarshallThis 25-million dollar epic collaboration accurately recreates the events that led to the Japanese attack on the American naval base during World War ... More
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9. The Sentinel (1976)
directed by Michael Winner
featuring Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, José FerrerIn the wake of such Satanic-themed thrillers as Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and The Omen comes The Sentinel. When New York fashion model (Cristina ... More
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10. Little Big Man (1970)
directed by Arthur Penn
featuring Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Chief Dan GeorgeRecounting how the West was won through the eyes of a white man raised as a Native American, Arthur Penn's 1970 adaptation of Thomas Berger's ... More
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11. Two-Minute Warning (1976)
directed by Larry Peerce
featuring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, Marilyn HassettList of all editionsLarry Peerce directed this tired disaster movie about a mad sniper loose in a football stadium. At the beginning, the sniper picks off a cyclist for ... More
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12. The Stone Killer (1973)
directed by Michael Winner
featuring Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, David Sheiner, Norman Fell, Ralph WaiteList of all editionsThe John Gardner novel A Complete State of Death became this bloody crime flick that united frequent action genre collaborators Charles Bronson and ... More
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13. All the President's Men (1976)
directed by Alan J. Pakula
featuring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards, Jr.List of all editionsConspiracy film specialist Alan J. Pakula turned journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their Watergate investigation ... More
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14. Catch-22 (1970)
directed by Mike Nichols
featuring Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Jon VoightList of all editionsDirector Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's ... More
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15. Queenie (1987)
directed by Larry Peerce
featuring Mia Sara, Kirk Douglas, Martin Balsam, Claire Bloom, TopolList of all editionsThe two-part TV movie Queenie was adapted from the roman a clef by Michael Korda. This is the story of Queenie Kelly,an English girl (Mia Sara) ... More
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16. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
directed by Sidney Lumet
featuring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Vanessa RedgraveList of all editionsLike many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In ... More
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17. Al Capone (1959)
directed by Richard Wilson
featuring Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah PersoffList of all editionsRod Steiger is the screen's first "method mobster" in the title role of Al Capone. The film traces Big Al's progress from a torpedo in the hire of ... More
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18. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
directed by Burt Kennedy
featuring Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine, Martin Balsam, Tina LouiseList of all editionsIn this comic western, Flagg (Robert Mitchum) is a veteran marshal forced to retire by the pompous Mayor Wilker (Martin Balsam). McKay (George ... More
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19. Harlow (1965)
directed by Gordon M. Douglas
featuring Carroll Baker, Martin Balsam, Red Buttons, Michael Connors, Angela LansburyList of all editionsOf the two competing Jean Harlow biopics released in 1965, producer Joseph E. Levine's Harlow is the more slickly professional, though neither film ... More
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20. Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
directed by William A. Graham
featuring Frank Sinatra, Martin Balsam, Verna Bloom, Harry Guardino, Henry SilvaList of all editionsContract on Cherry Street represented Frank Sinatra's TV movie debut--an event deemed worthy of a TV Guide cover story. Sinatra plays NYPD veteran ... More
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21. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
directed by Blake Edwards
featuring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey RooneyList of all editionsIn an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives ... More
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22. The People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
directed by George Schaefer
featuring Ellen Burstyn, Martin Balsam, Richard Dysart, Peter Coyote, Priscilla MorrillList of all editionsThe videotaped TV movie The People vs. Jean Harris premiered May 7, 1981-five weeks after the outcome of Jean Harris' trial. Ellen Burstyn plays Jean ... More
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23. Corruzione Al Palazzo Di Giustizia (1975)
directed by Marcello Aliprandi
featuring Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, Martin Balsam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Umberto OrsiniList of all editionsThe premise of this film -- that many magistrates in the Italian system of justice are on the take from corporations, politician, and gangsters -- ... More
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24. The Goodbye People (1983)
directed by Herb Gardner
featuring Judd Hirsch, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed, Ron Silver, Michael TuckerList of all editionsPlaywright Herb Gardner's patented combination of cynicism and sentimentality that worked so well in his A Thousand Clowns didn't quite jell in his ... More
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25. Mitchell (1975)
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
featuring Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda EvansList of all editionsA tough-guy cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues two drug runners (Martin Balsam, John Saxon) across the city to bust a large syndicate. ~ John Bush, Rovi







