6 Best Victor Jory Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 15, 2026

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Victor Jory brought commanding, often villainous presence to Hollywood across six decades, equally memorable in Westerns, prison dramas and searing family stories. The Miracle Worker fights to reach a blind and deaf girl, Papillon endures a penal colony, The Fugitive Kind stirs a Southern town with a drifting guitarist, and Each Dawn I Die allies a framed reporter with a hardened gangster. Dodge City and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer round out the list.

Papillon (1973) 01

Papillon (1973)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A wrongly convicted man endures brutal conditions in a penal colony while relentlessly plotting his escape.

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 2h 31m · Rated PG

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 Miracle Worker (1962) 02

The Miracle Worker (1962)

TMDB ★ 7.9

Anne Bancroft plays the determined teacher fighting to reach a blind and deaf young girl trapped in isolation.

Directed by Arthur Penn · 1h 46m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV channel · 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 Fugitive Kind (1960) 03

The Fugitive Kind (1960)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Victor Jory appears as a drifting guitarist's arrival in a small Southern town stirs up dangerous passions.

Directed by Sidney Lumet · 2h 01m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Each Dawn I Die (1939) 04

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A framed journalist forms an unlikely alliance with a hardened gangster while both serve time in prison.

Directed by William Keighley · 1h 32m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Dodge City (1939) 05

Dodge City (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A cattle drive leader becomes sheriff to clean up a lawless frontier boomtown.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 44m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) 06

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Victor Jory is in this adaptation where a mischievous boy and his friend witness a murder and get pulled in.

Directed by Norman Taurog · 1h 31m · Rated NR

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Vlad Zakh

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.