Marlon Brando
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The Fugitive Kind is a 1960 American drama film starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, and Joanne Woodward, directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Meade Roberts and Tennessee Williams was based on the latter's 1957 play Orpheus Descending , itself a revision of his 1940 work Battle of Angels , which closed after its Boston tryout.
With Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton. Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
The Fugitive Kind. When drifter Valentine Xavier (Marlon Brando) arrives in a southern town, he catches the eye of the married Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani) and the oversexed alcoholic, Carol...
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The Fugitive Kind. Summaries. Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
The Fugitive Kind. Four Oscar-winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—shine in this enthralling film, which also 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.
Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A drifter ignites passions among the women of a Mississippi town. Cast & Crew. Read More. Sidney Lumet. Director. Marlon Brando. Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier. Anna Magnani. Lady Torrance. Joanne Woodward. Carol Cutrere. Maureen Stapleton. Vee Talbott. Victor Jory. Jabe Torrance. Photos & Videos. View All.
Apr 26, 2010 · The Fugitive Kind: When Sidney Went to Tennessee | Current | The Criterion Collection. By David Thomson. Essays — Apr 26, 2010. I n the late 1940s, driven by the opening-night ovations for A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams embarked on more than a decade of immense success.
