Marlon Brando
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier
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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.
Marlon Brando stars as a drifter who falls for a married woman in a small Mississippi town. Based on Tennessee Williams' play "Orpheus Descending", the film explores themes of passion, betrayal and prejudice.
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- Drama, Romance
- Sidney Lumet
- 1960-04-14
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...
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- Marlon Brando
- Sidney Lumet
- Drama
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.
A 1960 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play Orpheus Descending, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton. The Criterion Collection offers a high-definition restoration, interviews, essays, and more.
- Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier
Although The Fugitive Kind (1959) provides a fascinating footnote in Williams' career, the character of drifter Val Xavier, who ignites the passions of three women in a corrupt Mississippi town, marked the beginning of a long box-office decline for Brando.
Apr 26, 2010 · The Fugitive Kind is not talked about too much today, but it was a big production for its time. To start with, Brando had won a contract of one million dollars to do the picture. Next, the teaming with Magnani was hailed as a bold chemical experiment—though the talk only made Magnani more nervous.
