Martin Balsam
10 Films
Martin Balsam
10 Included Films

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).

Director: Elia Kazan

Director: Elia Kazan

Director: Sidney Lumet
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio

Director: Sidney Lumet
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Alfred Hitchcock





StudioCanal Britain 4K Blu-ray, original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps
Paramount JP LaserDisc. Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

StudioCanal Britain 4K Blu-ray, original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps
Paramount JP LaserDisc. Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

Arrow 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is a port of 2000 MGM DVD and superior to Kino Lorber. LaserDisc likely minimally better.

Arrow 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is a port of 2000 MGM DVD and superior to Kino Lorber. LaserDisc likely minimally better.

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (caps; grade on the BD was controversial)
2006 WB DVD, later Warner Bros Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray are minor downgrades

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (caps; grade on the BD was controversial)
2006 WB DVD, later Warner Bros Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray are minor downgrades

Director: Joel Schumacher
Sony 4K Blu-ray looks like a very nice upgrade and is maybe even more but people are debating the addition of a Kieślowski-like yellow color filter they put over a segment in the film at around 16 minutes, on the other hand, this cap of the Blu-ray looks terrible and clearly not right either, so leaning on Sony having reinstated the filter

Director: Joel Schumacher
Sony 4K Blu-ray looks like a very nice upgrade and is maybe even more but people are debating the addition of a Kieślowski-like yellow color filter they put over a segment in the film at around 16 minutes, on the other hand, this cap of the Blu-ray looks terrible and clearly not right either, so leaning on Sony having reinstated the filter

Director: Martin Scorsese

Director: Martin Scorsese
10 films