Karl Malden Movie Rankings
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Karl Malden scores a combined 3.5998 out of 4 stars for On the Waterfront
3.5998
Terry has been a witness and participant in the murder of dockworker, Joey. Terry's conscience begins to get the best of him when he starts falling for Joey's sister. Soon Terry will have to stand up against some of the most powerful men in New Jersey. ... more about On the Waterfront
DVD from $9.00 
(6 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 3.4027 out of 4 stars for Patton
3.4027
The story of WWII General George S. Patton. His unconventional tactics, tough as nails exterior and sheer arrogance made him a wild card during missions. He was feared and respected amongst allied and axis regimes alike. ... more about Patton
DVD from $6.00 
(6 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 3.0742 out of 4 stars for Streetcar Named Desire
3.0742
What she finds is a wild town filled with characters more desperate than herself -- namley the brutish Stanley who is in love with Blanche's sister Stella and deeply mistrusts Blanche and her shadowy past. ... more about Streetcar Named Desire
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $4.00 
(7 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 3.0465 out of 4 stars for Kiss of Death
3.0465
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. ... more about Kiss of Death
DVD from $6.22 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 3.0076 out of 4 stars for Pollyanna
3.0076
In this Walt Disney classic, which earned 14-year-old British actress Hayley Mills a special Honorary Academy Award for best Juvenile Performance, the imaginative, optimistic, and inquisitive... ... more about Pollyanna
DVD from $12.98 
(6 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.9346 out of 4 stars for I Confess
2.9346
Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner. ... more about I Confess
DVD from $4.09 
(7 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.9062 out of 4 stars for Dead Ringer
2.9062
Broke Edith murders and assumes the identity of her recently widowed, well-to-do twin sister Margaret, who had married Edith's former flame 20 years before. ... more about Dead Ringer
DVD from $8.68 
(4 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.8759 out of 4 stars for Gunfighter
2.8759
Jimmie Ringo is the fastest gun in the west, but he is getting tired of it all and would like to retire. But whereever he goes, there is always some tough kid who wants to try to beat him to the draw. ... more about Gunfighter
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.8679 out of 4 stars for Baby Doll
2.8679
Archie Lee Meighan, middle-aged cotton gin owner, can hardly wait for the 20th birthday of his childish bride Baby Doll, when he'll be allowed to consummate the marriage...he thinks. ... more about Baby Doll
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $4.99 
(7 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.8313 out of 4 stars for Fear Strikes Out
2.8313
Jim Piersall is groomed by his loving but hard-driving father (living vicariously through his son) to play major league baseball. His desire to succeed to please his father leads to mental illness and a nervous breakdown. ... more about Fear Strikes Out
DVD from $2.38 
(1 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.8078 out of 4 stars for Cincinnati Kid
2.8078
In New Orleans, an up-and-coming poker player takes on a long-time master of the game. Not only is there a small fortune at stake, but also the status of being the top player. But the trusted dealer has been blackmailed into rigging the game. ... more about Cincinnati Kid
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.7375 out of 4 stars for Halls of Montezuma
2.7375
The marines attack a strongly held enemy island in the Pacific. ... more about Halls of Montezuma
DVD from $3.50 
(4 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.7223 out of 4 stars for Birdman of Alcatraz
2.7223
As an inmate at Leavenworth prison, Robert Stroud has a series of confrontations with the guards and with the other convicts. ... more about Birdman of Alcatraz
DVD from $5.99 
(3 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.6336 out of 4 stars for Cat o' Nine Tails
2.6336
Franco Arno is a blind man that lives with his young niece and makes a living writing crossword puzzles. ... more about Cat o' Nine Tails
DVD from $0.01 
(3 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.6210 out of 4 stars for Billion Dollar Brain
2.6210
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. ... more about Billion Dollar Brain
DVD from $5.99 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.6170 out of 4 stars for Boomerang!
2.6170
This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. ... more about Boomerang!
DVD from $8.24 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.4175 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
2.4175
A young boy stows away on a California-bound ship, determined to strike it rich in the gold fields and save himself and his sister from financial ruin. ... more about Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
DVD from $5.94 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.3994 out of 4 stars for Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
2.3994
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. ... more about Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
DVD from $7.15 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.3440 out of 4 stars for Gypsy
2.3440
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. ... more about Gypsy
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $5.79 
(5 sellers)
21
Karl Malden scores a combined 2.2916 out of 4 stars for Where the Sidewalk Ends
2.2916
Cop Mark Dixon is already in trouble with his superiors for his brutal tactics when he accidentally kills a murder suspect. ... more about Where the Sidewalk Ends
DVD from $6.31 
(4 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.1458 out of 4 stars for Hot Millions
2.1458
A Cockney con-artist just out of prison replaces an insurance company's computer programmer and sends claim checks to himself in various guises at addresses all over Europe. ... more about Hot Millions
Not Available on DVD
23
Karl Malden scores a combined 2.1354 out of 4 stars for One-Eyed Jacks
2.1354
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. ... more about One-Eyed Jacks
DVD from $0.01 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.1230 out of 4 stars for How the West Was Won
2.1230
The history of Western expansion in the United States as told by the story of one pioneer family's history. Zebulon Prescott takes his family from New York, heading West in the early 1800s. ... more about How the West Was Won
DVD from $4.77 
(0 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.0837 out of 4 stars for Blue
2.0837
A Mexican bandit, part of a gang led by his father, goes on a raid into the U.S. He falls for a beautiful woman and decides to leave his life of crime and settle down with her. ... more about Blue
DVD from $5.49 
(0 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 2.0691 out of 4 stars for Nevada Smith
2.0691
Steve McQueen stars as a young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, McQueen sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. ... more about Nevada Smith
DVD from $3.66 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.8181 out of 4 stars for Diplomatic Courier
1.8181
Department of State courier Mike Kelly ends up in postwar hotbed Trieste after failing to collect a package from a colleague. The Military Police are happy for him to get more involved, but things get a bit tough. After all, he is just a postman. ... more about Diplomatic Courier
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.8171 out of 4 stars for All Fall Down
1.8171
Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for nothing son Berry-Berry. ... more about All Fall Down
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.8169 out of 4 stars for Wild Rovers
1.8169
Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. ... more about Wild Rovers
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.7439 out of 4 stars for Nuts
1.7439
A high-class call girl (Streisand) kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. ... more about Nuts
DVD from $5.79 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.7176 out of 4 stars for Take the High Ground!
1.7176
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as an instructor to privates in a southern state of the USA. ... more about Take the High Ground!
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.5294 out of 4 stars for Murderers' Row
1.5294
The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. ... more about Murderers' Row
DVD from $15.97 
(4 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.4381 out of 4 stars for Great Impostor
1.4381
Based on a true story, a bright young man who hasn't the patience for the normal way of advancement finds that people rarely question you if your papers are in order. He becomes a marine, a monk, a surgeon onboard a Canadian Warship, and a prison warden. ... more about Great Impostor
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.3889 out of 4 stars for Hanging Tree
1.3889
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, realising that he can exploit his secret. ... more about Hanging Tree
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 1.2949 out of 4 stars for Billy Galvin
1.2949
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.8230 out of 4 stars for Meteor
0.8230
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. ... more about Meteor
DVD from $5.99 
(2 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Bombers B-52
0.0001
U.S Air Force Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. ... more about Bombers B-52
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hotel
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Parrish
0.0001
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. ... more about Parrish
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Sellout
0.0001
Big-city newspaper Editor Haven D. Allridge starts a crusade to smash corrupt small-town sheriff Burke. After Allridge is suddenly intimidated into silence, state's attorney Chick Johnson continues the fight for right. ... more about Sellout
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Sting II
0.0001
This is another one of those movies that's a sequel to another, only different actors are playing the roles of the characters from the previous movie. ... more about Sting II
DVD from $6.99 
(5 sellers)
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for They Knew What They Wanted
0.0001
Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe (William Gargan), instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry Amy (Carole Lombard), a waitress in a San Francisco ... more about They Knew What They Wanted
Not Available on DVD
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Karl Malden scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Summertime Killer
0.0001
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 entire gang. ... more about Summertime Killer
Not Available on DVD
 
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Karl Malden
Birthdate:
March 22, 1912

Karl Malden

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1940s
4
total ranking of 1.7902  1.7902
1950s
16
total ranking of 2.7115  2.7115
1960s
19
total ranking of 2.5313  2.5313
1970s
6
total ranking of 2.2428  2.2428
1980s
4
total ranking of 0.7277  0.7277
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.6466
Karl Malden is ranked overall as 2.6466 of of 4 stars
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