The best Martin Balsam’s history movies

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

04/11/1919- 13/02/1996
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).

All the President's Men

All the President's Men
7.9/10
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 26/01/1970
  • Character: Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
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 use 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.

La colonna infame

La colonna infame
7.4/10
Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.

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