Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute to Oscar®-Winning Actor Karl Malden

Release Date: 7/1/2009

Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute to Oscar®-Winning Actor Karl Malden Friday, July 10

Primetime Collection to Feature On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire and Birdman of Alcatraz

The following is the complete schedule for TCM’s July 10 tribute to Karl Malden:

8 p.m. (ET) On the Waterfront (1952) – Malden earned an Oscar-nomination for his performance as a priest who helps prize-fighter wannabe Marlon Brando come to terms with a corrupt boss. Elia Kazan’s gritty drama co-stars Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint and Lee J. Cobb.

10 p.m. (ET) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – Malden took home an Academy Award when he reprised his Broadway role for Elia Kazan’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play. Fellow Oscar winners Vivian Leigh and Kim Hunter co-star, along with screen powerhouse Marlon Brando.

12:15 a.m. (ET) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) – Malden co-starred opposite Burt Lancaster in this true story about Robert Stroud, a convict who became a world-renowned bird expert. Thelma Ritter, Betty Field, Neville Brand and Telly Savalas also star in this John Frankenheimer drama.

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