The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind (1960)

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

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.

Date of release
1960-04-14
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (125)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Sidney Lumet

Casting

  • 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

Recommended