6 Best Milton Kibbee Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 4, 2026

Milton Kibbee, brother of actor Guy Kibbee, was one of Hollywood’s most tirelessly prolific character actors across four decades. On the Town sends three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave, The Lady from Shanghai entangles a sailor in betrayal and murder, Scarlet Street leads a meek clerk into fraud and murder, and Saboteur races a wrongly accused worker across the country. Citizen Kane and The Roaring Twenties round out the list.

On the Town (1949)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 94% Metacritic 71

Three sailors on 24-hour shore leave try to see all of New York City and fall in love along the way.

Directed by Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Won 1 Oscar4 wins & 2 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Milton Kibbee appears as a sailor entangled in a scheme of betrayal and murder after falling for a mysterious woman.

Directed by Orson Welles · 1h 27m

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Scarlet Street (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A meek clerk's infatuation with a manipulative woman drags him into fraud, murder and ruin.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 43m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, YouTube TV, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Saboteur (1942)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A factory worker wrongly accused of sabotage races cross-country to catch the real culprit.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 49m

Where to watch

Stream: Philo · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Citizen Kane (1941)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 99% Metacritic 100

Orson Welles's directorial debut: a reporter investigates the private life behind a media tycoon's dying last word.

Directed by Orson Welles · 1h 59m · Rated NR

Won 1 Oscar16 wins & 13 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Roaring Twenties (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A war veteran's rise and fall in the bootlegging trade unfolds across the Prohibition era.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 44m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Milton Kibbee Movies

On the Town (1949)

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Scarlet Street (1945)

Saboteur (1942)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

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