The Fugitive Kind (1960)

  • NR
  • 04/14/1960 (US)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 59m

With a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women...

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.

Sidney Lumet

Director

Tennessee Williams

Screenplay

Meade Roberts

Screenplay

Cast

Marlon Brando's headshot

Marlon Brando

Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Anna Magnani's headshot

Anna Magnani

Lady Torrance
Joanne Woodward's headshot

Joanne Woodward

Carol Cutrere
Victor Jory's headshot

Victor Jory

Jabe Torrance
Maureen Stapleton's headshot

Maureen Stapleton

Vee Talbot
R.G. Armstrong's headshot

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Emory Richardson's headshot

Emory Richardson

Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
Madame Spivy's headshot

Madame Spivy

Ruby Lightfoot

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