Richard Widmark
Col. William Edwards
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Time Limit is a 1957 American legal drama film directed by Karl Malden, based on the 1956 Broadway play of the same name by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey. The film is Malden's only directing credit; in his autobiography, Malden stated that he "preferred being a good actor to being a fairly good director."
- $1.25 million (US rentals)
- Richard Widmark, William H. Reynolds
Time Limit: Directed by Karl Malden. With Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart. During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
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- Drama, War
- Karl Malden
- 1957-10-23
Maj. Cargill (Richard Basehart) is accused of aiding his captors while held in a North Korean prison during the war and brought up on charges of treason. Col. William Edwards (Richard Widmark) has...
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- Karl Malden
- Drama
- Richard Widmark
A US Army Colonel, William Edwards, is tasked with investigating the conduct of Major Harry Cargill while incarcerated during the Korean War. Cargill is accused of aiding and abetting the enemy by admitting to atrocities and then preaching communist propaganda to the men in his hut.
Time Limit - (Original Trailer) An officer is court-marshaled under suspicion of collaborating with the North Koreans in Time Limit (1957) directed by Karl Malden.
A to-the-point adaptation of an overly cerebral stage play by Ralph Berkey, Time Limit was the only film directed by character actor Karl Malden. The story involves a US army major (Richard Basehart), on trial for collaborating with the enemy during his imprisonment in North Korea.
1957 Directed by Karl Malden. This is the face of war you’ve never seen before! Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason.
