List of the best Karl Malden movies: Baby Doll(1956), Time Limit(1957), The Cat o' Nine Tails(1971), Summertime Killer(1973), Twilight Time(1983), Billy Galvin(1986), Birdman of Alcatraz(1962), Dead Ringer(1964), One-Eyed Jacks(1961), Fear Strikes Out(1957), Nevada Smith(1966), Take the High Ground(1953) ... ...
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1956
114 Minutes
Archie Lee Meighan
Karl Malden Carroll Baker Eli Wallach Mildred Dunnock Lonny Chapman Eades Hogue Noah Williamson
businessman rival wife dark unrestrained mississippi delta mansion arson marital problems revenge vulnerability competition revenge rivalry 1950s
A child bride holds her husband at bay while flirting with a sexy Italian farmer.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Director
Richard Widmark Richard Basehart Dolores Michaels June Lockhart Carl Benton Reid Martin Balsam Rip Torn Alan Dexter Yale Wexler Joe Di Reda
colonel major soldier prisoner of war lieutenant captain suspenseful tense gripping court north korea new york city treason court-martial korean war cover-up justice mystery sacrifice discovery
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|France|West Germany
1971
112 Minutes
Karl Malden James Franciscus Catherine Spaak Cinzia De Carolis Carlo Alighiero Pier Paolo Capponi Horst Frank Rada Rassimov
A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.
6.2/10
Action
Spain|France|Italy|Portugal|USA
1973
109 Minutes
Captain John Kiley
Karl Malden Christopher Mitchum Raf Vallone Olivia Hussey Claudine Auger Gerard Tichy Gustavo Re José Nieto Umberto Raho
A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the now-grown boy begins to track down and eliminate the men who did it, determined to wipe out the ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
Yugoslavia|USA
1983
112 Minutes
Karl Malden Jodi Thelen Damien Nash Mia Roth Pavle Vujisic Dragan Maksimovic
An elderly man, returning to Yugoslavia after 20 years in America, is saddled with the upbringing of his two grandchildren in a small farming village. In HD.
Drama
1986
94 Minutes
Karl Malden Lenny Von Dohlen Joyce Van Patten Toni Kalem Keith Szarabajka Alan North Paul Guilfoyle Barton Heyman
A stubborn Boston ironworker (Karl Malden) wants his son (Lenny Von Dohlen) to be an architect, but his son wants to be an ironworker.
7.8/10
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA
1962
148 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Karl Malden Thelma Ritter Betty Field Neville Brand Edmond O'Brien Hugh Marlowe Telly Savalas James Westerfield Chris Robinson
prisoner warden guard mother wife moving touching leavenworth prison alcatraz island missouri solitude prison new love redemption rise transformation 1960s
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Bette Davis Karl Malden Peter Lawford Philip Carey Jean Hagen George Macready Estelle Winwood George Chandler Mario Alcalde Cyril Delevanti Monika Henreid
twin killer sister lover police detective dark creepy melodramatic funeral mansion murder jealousy deception impersonation infidelity wealth rivalry revenge fall 1960s
The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
7.1/10
Western, Drama
USA
1961
141 Minutes
Sheriff Dad Longworth
Marlon Brando Karl Malden Katy Jurado Pina Pellicer Slim Pickens Ben Johnson Sam Gilman Larry Duran Timothy Agoglia Carey Miriam Colon Elisha Cook Jr.
outlaw bandit partner sheriff stepdaughter deputy gritty quirky tense mexico bank desert prison monterey, calif. betrayal bank heist imprisonment showdown prison break romance
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.
7.0/10
Biography
USA
1957
100 Minutes
Anthony Perkins Karl Malden Norma Moore Adam Williams Perry Wilson Peter Votrian Dennis McMullen Gail Land Brian G. Hutton Bart Burns
father son baseball player reporter psychiatrist doctor tense disturbing emotional engaging dark connecticut baseball field boston father/son relationship emotional abuse baseball mental illness obsession pursuit
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
6.9/10
Western
USA
1966
130 Minutes
Steve McQueen Karl Malden Brian Keith Arthur Kennedy Suzanne Pleshette Raf Vallone Janet Margolin Pat Hingle Howard da Silva Martin Landau Paul Fix
young man killer gunslinger bandit indian brutal cool tense the west louisiana texas revenge murder journey pursuit revenge transformation 1890s
A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
6.1/10
War
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Richard Widmark Karl Malden Elaine Stewart Russ Tamblyn Carleton Carpenter Steve Forrest Jerome Courtland William Hairston Bob Arthur Maurice Jara Chris Warfield
instructor sergeant soldier recruit friend woman brash patriotic powerful military base texas scars war alienation tough love respect transformation sacrifice rise 1950s
In 1953, at Fort Bliss, Texas, two former Korean War combat veterans work as drill sergeants and fall in-love with the same woman.
6.0/10
Drama
UK
1967
111 Minutes
Michael Caine Karl Malden Ed Begley Oscar Homolka Françoise Dorléac Guy Doleman Vladek Sheybal Milo Sperber
private investigator secret service agent oil baron friend intricate gripping thrilling england helsinki espionage conspiracy cold war mystery discovery quest 1960s
A former British spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1957
106 Minutes
Master Sergeant Chuck V. Brennan, Line Chief
Natalie Wood Karl Malden Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Marsha Hunt Don Kelly Nelson Leigh Robert Nichols Ray Montgomery Bob Hover
mechanic pilot daughter sergeant colonel father tense emotional moving air force base korea airplane canyon california san francisco enemies airplane crash military life retirement love
Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
Drama, War
1988
100 Minutes
Elmo Zumwalt Jr.
Keith Carradine Karl Malden Margaret Klenck
naval officer admiral mentally impaired person wife father son emotional inspiring touching vietnam hospital house united states mental illness cancer family father/son relationship vietnam war agent orange love
Vietnam veteran Elmo R. Zumwalt III (Keith Carradine) fights cancer linked to Agent Orange herbicide approved by his admiral father (Karl Malden).
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Father Barry
Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Leif Erickson Pat Henning James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John Hamilton
dockworker mobster lawyer priest sister brooding gritty powerful port hoboken, n.j. organized crime corruption justice transformation underdog rivalry 1950s
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
7.3/10
Drama
USA|Canada
1953
95 Minutes
Inspector Larrue
Montgomery Clift Anne Baxter Karl Malden Brian Aherne O.E. Hasse Roger Dann Dolly Haas Charles Andre Judson Pratt Ovila Légaré Gilles Pelletier
priest lawyer immigrant dark suspenseful tense quebec church courtroom murder religion false accusations confession forbidden love sacrifice temptation 1950s
A priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.
7.1/10
Musical
USA
1962
149 Minutes
Herbie Sommers
Rosalind Russell Natalie Wood Karl Malden Paul Wallace Betty Bruce Parley Baer Harvey Korman
stripper mother daughter rousing fiery gripping cheeky theater wichita, kan. strip club entertainment aspirations mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction transformation growing up escape 1940s
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
7.1/10
Western
USA
1959
106 Minutes
Frenchy Plante
Gary Cooper Maria Schell Karl Malden Ben Piazza George C. Scott Karl Swenson Virginia Gregg John Dierkes King Donovan Slim Talbot Guy Wilkerson
doctor immigrant townsperson partner criminal servant dark somber engaging mining camp tree house montana wild west starting over love interest murder the past rescue old west
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realizing that he can exploit his secret.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Jim Gentry
Jennifer Jones Charlton Heston Karl Malden Tom Tully Barney Phillips James Anderson Josephine Hutchinson Phyllis Avery Herbert Heyes Myra Marsh Charles Cane
widow businessman brother old flame gold digger dark tense melodramatic suspenseful american south country club swamp murder poverty marriage of convenience second chance morality love transformation rise
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
6.5/10
Western
USA
1971
136 Minutes
Walter Buckman
William Holden Ryan O'Neal Karl Malden Lynn Carlin Tom Skerritt Joe Don Baker James Olson Leora Dana Moses Gunn Victor French Rachel Roberts
cowboy friend rancher son sheriff boss engaging suspenseful touching incredible witty powerful ranch paddock bank american southwest living space montana aging accidental death
Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1961
140 Minutes
Judd Raike
Troy Donahue Claudette Colbert Karl Malden Dean Jagger Diane McBain Connie Stevens Sharon Hugueny Dub Taylor Hampton Fancher Dave Knapp Saundra Edwards
In the Connecticut River Valley, Parrish McLean and his mother are newly employed by the Sala Post tobacco farm that is engaged in a competition war with the neighboring Judd Raike tobacco corporation.
5.0/10
Sci-Fi
USA|Hong Kong
1979
107 Minutes
Harry Sherwood
Sean Connery Natalie Wood Karl Malden Brian Keith Martin Landau Trevor Howard Joseph Campanella Roger Robinson Richard Dysart Henry Fonda
scientist beautiful woman assistant military officer president engaging incredible tense new york city office building meteorite destruction disaster competition romance cold war quest rivalry 1970s
The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
Keycase Milne
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
hotel owner hotel manager thief duke duchess guest frenetic melodramatic new orleans hotel lobby hotel room office louisiana scandal blackmail schemes financial troubles drunken driving robbery
The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Mitch
Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Kim Hunter Karl Malden Rudy Bond Nick Dennis Peg Hillias Wright King Richard Garrick Mickey Kuhn Charles Wagenheim
sister husband wife emotional tense sultry new orleans city apartment abuse disillusionment family marriage mental illness fall rivalry 1950s
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
7.4/10
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1960
134 Minutes
Reverend Paul Ford
Hayley Mills Jane Wyman Richard Egan Karl Malden Nancy Olson Adolphe Menjou Donald Crisp Agnes Moorehead Kevin Corcoran James Drury Reta Shaw
orphan aunt doctor hypochondriac reverend amusing moving emotional small town carnival church house orphanage small-town life positivity politics family friendship optimism growing up
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1965
113 Minutes
Shooter
Steve McQueen Edward G. Robinson Ann-Margret Karl Malden Tuesday Weld Joan Blondell Rip Torn Jack Weston Cab Calloway Jeff Corey Theo Marcuse
gambler friend girlfriend competitor wife suspenseful tense gritty cool new orleans poker ambition fixed game showdown adultery underdog quest 1930s
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
7.1/10
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Father Devlin
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1962
111 Minutes
Ralph Willart
Warren Beatty Eva Marie Saint Brandon de Wilde Karl Malden Angela Lansbury Barbara Baxley Evans Evans Albert Paulsen
gigolo teenager parent son bleak dark tense cleveland ohio family dysfunction brotherhood love triangle father/son relationship suicide forbidden love growing up wretched excess 1960s
Ralph (Karl Malden) and Annabell Willart (Dame Angela Lansbury) are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry (Warren Beatty). ... See full summary »
4.9/10
Comedy
USA
1983
102 Minutes
Gus Macalinski
Jackie Gleason Mac Davis Teri Garr Karl Malden Oliver Reed Bert Remsen Kathalina Veniero Jose Perez Larry Bishop Ron Rifkin Harry James
con artist friend partner pretty woman criminal amusing engaging california boardwalk scams romance deception teamwork friendship revenge pursuit 1940s
A team of cons is planning a new scam involving betting on a boxing match but one of its past victims aims to exact revenge by eliminating the whole group.
7.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Sergeant William Cullen
Victor Mature Brian Donlevy Richard Widmark Coleen Gray Karl Malden Taylor Holmes Anthony Ross Mildred Dunnock Millard Mitchell J. Scott Smart
murderer criminal wife police detective elderly woman dark tense brutal prison new york city apartment street gangsters parole violence criminal justice system pursuit revenge 1940s
Nick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist. The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesn't roll over on them. Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind.
7.1/10
Western
USA
1962
164 Minutes
Zebulon Prescott
Carroll Baker Richard Thorpe Henry Hathaway Lee J. Cobb Henry Fonda Carolyn Jones Karl Malden Gregory Peck George Peppard Robert Preston
gambler fur trapper singer frontiersman captain lieutenant striking rousing moving wild west san francisco st. louis new york state gold rush american civil war native people rebellion family family history adventure
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
6.6/10
War
USA
1950
113 Minutes
Doc
Richard Widmark Jack Palance Robert Wagner Jack Webb Reginald Gardiner Karl Malden Philip Ahn
lieutenant soldier enemy doctor thrilling patriotic gripping rousing japan island world war ii invasion battle courage quest rescue sacrifice 1940s
A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Capt. Buck Maxwell
Walter Pidgeon John Hodiak Audrey Totter Paula Raymond Thomas Gomez Cameron Mitchell Karl Malden Everett Sloane Jonathan Cott Frank Cady Hugh Sanders
editor sheriff lawyer son-in-law police officer tense emotional united states city small town corruption injustice showdown police brutality newspapers city vs. country revenge rivalry 1950s
During the 1950s, a small-town newspaper editor and a state assistant attorney-general fight corrupt local officials from one rotten county.
4.7/10
Adventure
USA
1979
114 Minutes
Wilbur Hubbard
Michael Caine Sally Field Telly Savalas Peter Boyle Jack Warden Shirley Knight Shirley Jones Karl Malden Slim Pickens Veronica Hamel Angela Cartwright
femme fatale henchman ship captain suspenseful shipwreck escape money discovery 1970s
An extension of the previous film, wherein a cache of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
6.2/10
War
USA
1944
130 Minutes
Jane Ball Richard Benedict Lee J. Cobb Jeanne Crain Mark Daniels Jo-Carroll Dennison Peter Lind Hayes Judy Holliday Lon McCallister Jim Nolan Edmond O'Brien
barber best friend cadet wife sergeant pilot engaging emotional air force base flying air force military life war training friendship pursuit underdog rise 1940s
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the... See full summary »
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