Karl Malden

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

Dir. Elia Kazan · With Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

Dir. Elia Kazan · With Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner · With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

Dir. Dario Argento · With James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Dir. Henry King · With Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

Dir. David Swift · With Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Bert Freed

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall · With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

Dir. Elia Kazan · With Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret

The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.

Dir. Paul Henreid · With Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

Dir. Marlon Brando · With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian American mother and European-American father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.

Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Dir. John Ford · With Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.

Dir. Delmer Daves · With Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

Dir. Ken Russell · With Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

Dir. Edward Hume · With Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Richard Hatch

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe that will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor, NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules," but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR, which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

Dir. Ronald Neame · With Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.

Dir. Irwin Allen · With Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas