
The Fugitive Kind
NR“With a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women...”
1960·119 min·Released
Studio: Pennebaker Productions, United Artists
6.9TMDb
7.1IMDb
59%RT
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Theatrical Apr 14, 1960
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USA · English · USA
Overview
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
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Crew
DirectorSidney Lumet
WriterMeade Roberts, Tennessee Williams
Cast

Marlon Brando
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

Anna Magnani
Lady Torrance

Joanne Woodward
Carol Cutrere

Victor Jory
Jabe Torrance

Maureen Stapleton
Vee Talbot

R.G. Armstrong
Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Emory Richardson
Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man

Madame Spivy
Ruby Lightfoot

Sally Gracie
Dolly Hamma

Lucille Benson
Beulah Binnings

John Baragrey
David Cutrere
Virgilia Chew
Nurse Porter
Ben Yaffee
'Dog' Hamma

Joe Brown Jr.
'Pee Wee' Binnings
Mary Perry
Neil Harrison
Janice Mars
Gas Station Attendant's Wife
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Keywords
black and white
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