6 Best Victor Kilian Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 17, 2026

Drama intense

Victor Kilian was a versatile Hollywood character actor whose career spanned the 1930s through the 1970s and took in well over a hundred films. They Knew What They Wanted sends a farmer’s mail-order courtship awry with a photo mix-up, Invisible Stripes shows how hard going straight is, Adventure in Manhattan chases an art thief, and Air Hawks fights a mad scientist’s death ray. Prison Break and The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes round out the list.

They Knew What They Wanted (1940) 01

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Victor Kilian appears in this Charles Laughton drama about a wealthy farmer whose mail-order courtship goes awry when he sends his handsome foreman's photo instead of his own.

Directed by Garson Kanin · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Adventure in Manhattan (1936) 02

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Victor Kilian features in this comedy-mystery about an egotistical crime writer who teams up with a criminologist to track down an art thief.

Directed by Edward Ludwig · 1h 13m · Rated NR

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Invisible Stripes (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Victor Kilian appears in this crime drama about a reformed gangster released from prison who discovers that going straight is far harder than he imagined.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 21m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

Air Hawks (1935) 04

Air Hawks (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Victor Kilian features in this adventure about an independent air delivery service that battles a mad scientist wielding a death ray.

Directed by Albert S. Rogell · 1h 08m

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Prison Break (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Victor Kilian appears in this drama about a wrongfully convicted fisherman who decides to escape prison and hunt down the real killer after realising parole won't restore his freedom.

Directed by Arthur Lubin · 1h 12m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: FlixFling

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980) 06

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Victor Kilian appears in this television compilation where human astronauts and their chimp ally are forced into gladiatorial games while uncovering a lost research project from the old human world.

Directed by Bernard McEveety & Don McDougall · 1h 35m

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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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.