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The Fugitive Kind
UNITED STATES · 1960

The Fugitive Kind

Sidney Lumet
Southern Gothic Infidelity Social Outsiders Mortality and Disease Class Conflict
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Synopsis

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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