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The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

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.

RomanceDrama

Release: 1960-04-14Runtime: 119 minRating: 6.8 (114)

Cast

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani

Lady Torrance

Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

Carol Cutrere

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Jabe Torrance

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Vee Talbot

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Emory Richardson

Emory Richardson

Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man

Madame Spivy

Madame Spivy

Ruby Lightfoot

Sally Gracie

Sally Gracie

Dolly Hamma

Lucille Benson

Lucille Benson

Beulah Binnings

Crew

Frank L. Thompson

Costume Supervisor

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Director

Richard Sylbert

Art Direction

Richard Shepherd

Producer

Martin Jurow

Producer

Boris Kaufman

Director of Photography

Carl Lerner

Editor

Steve Bono

Production Manager

Charles H. Maguire

Assistant Director

Philip Gleason

Sound Recordist

Clips & Videos

The Fugitive Kind (1960) - The Criterion Collection

The Fugitive Kind (1960) - The Criterion Collection