Mick La Salle in today's San Francisco Chronicle...
"The fact that Karl Malden broke his nose twice guaranteed that he would never be a leading man,but the look helped define him in ways that helped him as a character actor. Malden was really at his best when playing off the humble-man appearance...there would come a moment when the audience would suddenly see past the Everyman looks. And there, suddenly revealed, would be someone shrewder, more observant, and more formidable than they expected---someone with the dignity of true intelligence."
Nicely said.
