The Fugitive Kind

Oscar Winners Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront), Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo, Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) and Maureen Stapleton (Reds) lead the stellar cast of this Southern gothic “sizzler”(Los Angeles Times) based on the Tennessee Williams play Orpheus Descending. Thanks to “brilliant” (The Film Daily) performances, The Fugitive Kind “sets one’s senses to throbbing” (The New York Times).

Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Brando) is a handsome drifter with a guitar…and a past. Taking a job as a store clerk in Two Rivers Mississippi, his strong and silent demeanor attracts not only the local party girl (Woodward), but also the shopkeeper’s exotic wife (Magnani). Soon, this explosive love triangle will ignite a powder keg of fury that could rock this small town to its very core.

Critic Reviews:

• " Tragic, operatic and signature Tennessee Williams, The Fugitive Kind remains a forgotten gem of American cinema. " – Nicholas Bell

• " Marlon Brando as a poetic wanderer and Anna Magnani as a tragically repressed storekeeper perform superbly under Sidney Lumet's direction. " – Clyde Gilmour

• " Highly theatrical and dripping with gothic atmosphere, it's hardly realistic and the love story never convinces, but it is mesmerizing. " – Sean Axmaker