The Fugitive Kind
With a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women...
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Produced by Pennebaker Productions, United Artists
A moody, black-and-white Southern Gothic drama about a mysterious drifter caught between two women and the dark secrets of a dying town.
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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Like The Fugitive Kind
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