

The Fugitive Kind
1960-04-14 · 121 min · ★ 6.9
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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- Directors
- Sidney Lumet
- Production companies
- Pennebaker Productions, United Artists
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,300,000
- Revenue
- USD 2,100,000
Top Cast
Marlon BrandoValentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Anna MagnaniLady Torrance
Joanne WoodwardCarol Cutrere
Victor JoryJabe Torrance
Maureen StapletonVee Talbot
R.G. ArmstrongSheriff Jordan Talbott
Emory RichardsonUncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
Madame SpivyRuby Lightfoot
Sally GracieDolly Hamma
Lucille BensonBeulah Binnings
John BaragreyDavid Cutrere
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