FUGITIVE KIND

Details

• Release Year: 1959
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: Four Oscar®-winning actors*—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—sink their teeth into this enthralling film, which brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams. A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Brando is Val Xavier, a drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a southern small-town variety store run by the married, sexually frustrated Lady Torrance (Magnani), who proves as much a temptation for Val as local wild child Carol Cutrere (Woodward). Lumet captures the intense, fearless performances and Williams's hot-blooded storytelling and social critique with his customary restraint, resulting in a drama of uncommon sophistication and craft.
• Cast: Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Virgilia Chew, Madame Spivy, Ben Yaffee, Joe Brown Jr., John Baragrey, Sally Gracie, Lucille Benson, Emory Richardson, Frank Borgman, Janice Mars, Debbie Lynch, Jeanne Barr, Neil Harrison, Herb Vigran, Sidney Lumet, Tennessee Williams, Meade Roberts
• Director: Sidney Lumet
• Runtime: 2:02
• Company: Pennebaker Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), United Artists, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment), The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie