A Fugitive Kind is a remarkable film about a washed up musician named Val Xavier (Marlon Brando) who drifts to the outskirts of New Orleans to avoid a potential arrest. Reluctantly, he finds work at a small five-and-dime store owned by an increasingly bitter woman who goes by the name of Lady Torrence. Xavier begins to find out that Torrence's vicious husband named Jabe is dying of cancer in the room above her store and that many of the affiliates at Torrence's store are beginning to grow a little to fond of his charm and good looks. These include both alcoholic, nymphomaniac, Carrol Cutrere( Joan Woodward) and individual housewife Vee Talbott (Maureen Stapleton). In addition to all the chaos of attraction over Xavier, he falls for the materialistic promises of Lady Torrence stating that she will in fact give him a refreshment bar if he decides to mingle with her amongst her competition. However in the midst of lust and desire,a local town sheriff as well as Torrence's husband, Jabe, are becoming lividly jealous of Xavier's actions which leads to many serious problems in Xavier's future.
Marlon Brando gives an excellent performance using his unique "method acting" style to give real life qualities to his character. In addition, that fact that Marlon Brando is so good at playing these "Bad Guy" roles enhances and illuminates the seriousness of Val Xavier character.
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