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Karl Malden - what members say


  • On The Waterfront
  • On The Waterfront review by Tony from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Masterpiece!! 24 October 2005
    ...tation. The plot is excellent as are the characters, and the performances from Karl Malden and Lee J Cobb are exceptional. But of course it's Brando's film. The most fa...  
  • Cat O'Nine Tails
  • Cat O'Nine Tails review by Merlin from London
    Rated - 4 stars A nudge is as good as a wink to a blind bat 6 December 2005
    ...onary and has influenced so many film makers. I digress. The film follows Karl Malden's curiosity into a murder case close to his home. Malden is blind and teams up...  

Karl Malden - filmography


  • Vanished Without A Trace on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Karl Malden,  Tim Ransom,  Tom Hodges
    Director: Vern Gillum
    Certificate: PG
    When a school bus is hijacked with 26 children still on board the close community is devastated by their disappearance. The police force is clueless to solve it but Karl Malden (ON THE WATERFRONT, PATTON) who plays the heroic driver, gives the hijackers more than they bargained for.
    Rate this: 3.0 (61%)
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  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Sally Field,  Telly Savalas
    Director: Irwin Allen
    Certificate: TBC
    Picking up where the "Poseidon Adventure" left off, this action packed yarn tells the story of how a group of rescue workers descend on the overturned Poseidon to try and salvage the remnants of the crippled ship. Among them, posing as a medic, is the nefarious Captain Svevo, who arrives in order ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (55%)
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  • Cat O'Nine Tails on DVD (1971)
    Starring: James Franciscus,  Karl Malden,  Catherine Spaak
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: 18
    Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (66%)
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  • Patton (2 discs) on DVD (1970)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Karl Malden,  Stephen Young
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    Certificate: PG
    PATTON is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton (George C. Scott) who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America with a lofty and historical zeal. Tracing his personal rivalries with such generals as Rommel and Montgomery, his ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (70%)
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  • Billion Dollar Brain on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Karl Malden,  Oscar Homolka
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: PG
    A second motion picture outing for anti-hero spy Harry Palmer who, since his work deciphering the riddles surrounding 'The Ipcress File' has decided to break away from the Secret Service and make a living as a private investigator. This time he is sucked into a web of conspiracy involving General ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (64%)
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  • Nevada Smith on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Karl Malden,  Brian Keith
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: 15
    Based on the characters in Harold Robbins' THE CARPETBAGGERS, this is the story of Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen), a half-breed Native American whose parents are viciously murdered by a gang led by Tom Fitch (Karl Malden). Nevada sets out to kill the gang after being taught to use weapons by Jonas ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (62%)
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  • Gypsy on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Rosalind Russell,  Natalie Wood,  Karl Malden
    Director: Mervyn Le Roy
    Certificate: PG
    This stellar Broadway play from Arthur Laurent, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim ranks as one of the great pieces of American musical theatre. The play and the subsequent film feature the enormously popular 'Everything Is Coming Up Roses' and also includes 'Small World', 'All I Need Is The Girl', '...
    Rate this: 3.5 (68%)
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  • On The Waterfront on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Karl Malden,  Lee J. Cobb
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: PG
    Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (76%)
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  • A Streetcar Named Desire (2 discs) on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Marlon Brando,  Kim Hunter
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: 15
    Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (76%)
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  • Kiss Of Death on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Richard Widmark,  Karl Malden,  Victor Mature
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: 12
    A two bit thief (Mature) puts his family in untold danger when the district attorney convinces him to squeal on a fellow inmate at Sing Sing: the homicidal psychopath will stop at nothing to gain revenge. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Richard Widmark, Best Original Story.
    Rate this: 3.5 (69%)
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Karl Malden - downloads


  • Cat ONine Tails for Download (1971)
    Starring: James Franciscus,  Karl Malden
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £0.99
    Run time: 112 minutes
    Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark ...
    Rate this: 4.5 (85%)
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  • A Streetcar Named Desire for Download (1951)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Marlon Brando,  Kim Hunter
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Certificate: 15
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 119 minutes
    Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (76%)
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Karl Malden facts

5 most recent films


Vanished Without A Trace - 3.0 stars
Nuts - 3.0 stars
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure - 3.0 stars
Cat O'Nine Tails - 3.0 stars
Patton - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


A Streetcar Named Desire - 4.0 stars
On The Waterfront - 3.5 stars
Kiss Of Death - 3.5 stars
Birdman Of Alcatraz - 3.5 stars
Patton - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


The Streets Of San Francisco - Series 1 - Vol.1 - 2.0 stars
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure - 3.0 stars
Ruby Gentry - 3.0 stars
Baby Doll - 3.0 stars
How The West Was Won - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Marlon Brando - 4 times - show films
Eli Wallach - 4 times - show films
Richard Widmark - 4 times - show films
Lee J. Cobb - 3 times - show films
Gregory Peck - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Henry Hathaway - 4 times - show films
Elia Kazan - 4 times - show films
Dario Argento - 2 times - show films
John Ford - 2 times - show films
George Marshall - 2 times - show films