The Fugitive Kind (1960)
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Fugitive Kind began life as Battle of Angels, a never-produced 1939 play by a young Tennessee Williams. Nearly 20 years later, Williams refined this rough-hewn theatrical effort into Orpheus Descending, which enjoyed a respectable Broadway run. The renamed film version stars Marlon Brando as Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter who wanders into a deliciously Williamsesque Mississippi town. Here he becomes involved in the problems of alcoholic Carole Cutrere (Joanne Woodward) and unhappily married Lady Torrence (Anna Magnani) and also runs afoul of Torrence's vicious husband (Victor Jory). Sexual symbolism abounds in this tempestuous drama, which offers Brando at his most inscrutable and Magnani at her earthiest. Maureen Stapleton, in real life one of Brando's best friends and severest critics, plays an avant-garde artist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 121 mins
Complete Cast:
- Marlon Brando - Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier
- Joanne Woodward - Carole Cutrere
- Victor Jory - Jabe Torrance
- Emory Richardson - Uncle Pleasant
- Lucille Benson - Beulah Binnings
- Ben Yaffee - Dog Hamma
- Frank Bergman - Gas Station Attendant
- Joe Brown, Jr. - Pee Wee Binnings
- Anna Magnani - Lady Torrance
- Maureen Stapleton - Vee Talbott
- R.G. Armstrong - Sheriff Talbott
- Sally Gracie - Dolly Hamma
- John Baragrey - David Cutrere
- Jeanne Barr
- Madame Spivy - Ruby Lightfoot
- Mary Perry
- Director(s):
- Sidney Lumet
- Writer(s):
- Tennessee Williams, Meade Roberts
- Producer(s):
- Richard Shepherd, Martin Jurow
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