The best Karl Malden’s western movies

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

22/03/1912- 01/07/2009
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How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/10/1962
  • Character: Zebulon Prescott
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.

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 03/10/1964
  • Character: Captain Wessels
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith
6.9/10
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white 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.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter
7.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/06/1950
  • Character: Mac
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/03/1961
  • Character: Sheriff Dad Longworth
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.

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/03/1959
  • Character: Frenchy Plante
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.

Blue

Blue
6.1/10
A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a mexican gang.

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 23/06/1971
  • Character: Walter Buckman
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. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
6.4/10
To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!

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