The best Martin Balsam’s western 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).

Hombre

Hombre
7.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/03/1967
  • Character: Henry Mendez
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.

Little Big Man

Little Big Man
7.5/10
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Cry, Onion!

Cry, Onion!
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 25/08/1975
  • Character: Petrus Lamb
Onion Jack (Franco Nero) has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of the orphans of the original owner and is coveted by the local oil baron.

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
6.1/10
Older lawman Marshal Flagg (Robert Mitchum) is struggling to transition from the Old West to the more modernized one -- so much so that Mayor Wilker (Martin Balsam) forces him into retirement. Not one to go away easily, Flagg quickly fixates on his old nemesis, McKay (George Kennedy), formerly believed to be dead, who is now back in town and up to no good. But Flagg soon discovers that McKay might be his greatest ally in a fight to prove that the old-timers aren't useless in the New West.

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