The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Valentine Xavier (Marlon Brando) is an "entertainer" in New Orleans - he plays a guitar given to him by Leadbelly - but when he runs afoul of the law one too many times, he vows to quit the scene and start anew elsewhere. A rainstorm leaves him stranded in a small southern town somewhere between New Orleans and Memphis, and he decides to find a job there. While his past comes to haunt him in the form of local girl Carol Cutrere (Joanne Woodward), who's not really allowed anywhere in the town, Xavier's life also becomes inextricably linked with his boss' wife, the volatile Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani), whose weary, smouldering bitterness dates from the time the town rose up and destroyed her father's vineyard because he sold alcohol to a black person.
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Marlon Brando · Anna Magnani · Joanne Woodward · Maureen Stapleton · R.G. Armstrong · Victor Jory · Madame Spivy · Virgilia Chew · Ben Yaffee · Joe Brown Jr. · Mary Perry · John Baragrey · Sally Gracie · Lucille Benson · Emory Richardson · Neil Harrison · Janice Mars
Soundtrack Kenyon Hopkins
Screenplay Tennessee Williams · Meade Roberts
Cinematography Boris Kaufman
Original title The Fugitive Kind
6.7
1K votes (FilmAffinity)
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