The Fugitive Kind
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“With a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women...”
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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Cast
17 people
Marlon Brando
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Known for
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Anna Magnani
Lady Torrance
Known for
Mamma Roma
Bellissima
Joanne Woodward
Carol Cutrere
Known for
The Three Faces of Eve
Empire Falls
Victor Jory
Jabe Torrance
Known for
Papillon
Gone with the Wind
Maureen Stapleton
Vee Talbot
Known for
The Money Pit
Cocoon
R.G. Armstrong
Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Known for
Predator
Children of the Corn
Emory Richardson
Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
Also in
Beware
Boarding House Blues
Madame Spivy
Ruby Lightfoot
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Sally Gracie
Dolly Hamma
Known for
The Rain People
Opportunity Knocks
Lucille Benson
Beulah Binnings
Known for
Duel
1941
John Baragrey
David Cutrere
Known for
Pardners
Virgilia Chew
Nurse Porter
No other roles listed
Sidney Lumet Director · Tennessee Williams Screenplay Meade Roberts Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.1M · Budget $2.3M · United States release April 14, 1960
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Budget
$2,300,000
Worldwide gross
$2,100,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Pennebaker Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 14, 1960
Theatrical
Brazil
November 23, 2007 · Physical · Rep. Arrais mj.gov.br
France
January 6, 1961 · Theatrical
August 20, 2008 · Physical · DVD
September 19, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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