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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... - The Fugitive Kind
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Title: The Fugitive Kind

Release Date: 14 Apr 1960

Runtime: 1h 59m

Genre: Romance, Drama

Director: Pennebaker Productions, United Artists

Production Companies: Pennebaker Productions, United Artists

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (105 votes)

Cast

  • Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier: Marlon Brando
  • Lady Torrance: Anna Magnani
  • Carol Cutrere: Joanne Woodward
  • Jabe Torrance: Victor Jory
  • Vee Talbot: Maureen Stapleton
  • Sheriff Jordan Talbott: R.G. Armstrong
  • Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man: Emory Richardson
  • Ruby Lightfoot: Madame Spivy
  • Dolly Hamma: Sally Gracie
  • Beulah Binnings: Lucille Benson
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