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69% Critic Match
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...”
6.9 / 10• 1960• 2h 1m•NR• English
RomanceDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Marlon Brando
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sidney Lumet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Fugitive Kind is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
