1960
6.9 (107 votes)
1h 59m
Genres
Romance
Drama
Production Companies
Pennebaker Productions
United Artists
United Artists
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...
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.
Key Crew
Director: Sidney Lumet
Director of Photography: Boris Kaufman
Producer: Richard Shepherd, Martin Jurow
Screenplay: Meade Roberts, Tennessee Williams
Top 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
Videos
The Fugitive Kind (1960) - The Criterion Collection
