The Fugitive Kind

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The Fugitive Kind ★★½ 1960

A young drifter walks into a sleepy Mississippi town and attracts the attention of three of its women with tragic results. Based upon the Tennessee Williams' play “Orpheus Descending.” good performances but the writing never hangs wellenough together for coherence. 122m/B VHS, DVD . Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Maureen Stapleton; D: Sidney Lumet; C: Boris Kaufman.

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