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...
1960 | 119m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
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| Writer: | Meade Roberts, Tennessee Williams |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 14, 1960 |
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| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
| Writer: | Meade Roberts, Tennessee Williams |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | black and white |
| Production Companies | United Artists, Pennebaker Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ben Yaffee | 'Dog' Hamma |
| Joe Brown Jr. | 'Pee Wee' Binnings |
| Mary Perry | |
| Neil Harrison | |
| Janice Mars | Gas Station Attendant's Wife |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Larry Duran | Stunts |
| Richard Sylbert | Art Direction |
| Meade Roberts | Screenplay |
| Frank L. Thompson | Costume Design, Costume Supervisor |
| Phil Rhodes | Makeup Artist |
| Steve Bono | Production Manager |
| James A. Gleason | Sound Recordist |
| Harold Posner | Assistant Camera |
| Carl Lerner | Editor |
| Gene Callahan | Set Decoration |
| Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Mary Roche | Hairstylist |
| Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Philip Gleason | Sound Recordist |
| Saul Midwall | Camera Operator |
| Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Boris Kaufman | Director of Photography |
| Kenyon Hopkins | Music |
| Tennessee Williams | Original Film Writer, Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Martin Jurow | Producer |
| George Justin | Associate Producer |
| Richard Shepherd | Producer |
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Val is a young "party gigalo" that is sick of his life after having to pawn his most prized possession. His guitar given him by the "great blues player "Lead Belly". The movies opening scene is showing Val in jail going before a judge that's just not pleased to see his type. After Val promises to le ... ave town imeadietly the judge releases him. He drives until his car quits in a rainstorm. He pushes the car to a place with the only light on in town, it being really late in the night. A jail. There he's befriended by the local sherrif's wife.A woman who has been abused by her husband. He is not pleased to see " Val's kind" in his house/ jail. The nice wife introduces Val to the local general store owner. She offers him a job while her husband is in the hospital. Against Val's better judgement he takes the job. They fall in love and that's when the movie gets heated up. Don't miss this gem.One of Marlon's best. A Tennessee Williams story. Joanne Woodward is excellent as a easy going barfly/flirt.