The Fugitive Kind

Title:

The Fugitive Kind

Genres:

Romance , Drama

Companies:

Pennebaker Productions, United Artists

Countries:

United States of America

Release Date:

1960-04-14

Runtime:

119

Languages:

English

Status:

Released

Tagline:

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.

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Marlon Brando

Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

Anna Magnani

Lady Torrance

Joanne Woodward

Carol Cutrere

Victor Jory

Jabe Torrance

Maureen Staplet

Vee Talbot

R. G. Armstrong

Sheriff Jordan Talbott

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Movie Reviews

jake98

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 leave 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.