The Fugitive Kind (1960)

Director
Sidney Lumet

Main cast
Marlon Brando; Anna Magnani; Joanne Woodward; Victor Jory; Maureen Stapleton

Genres
Romance, Drama

Description
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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