The Fugitive Kind (1959)

Réalisateur:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Tennessee Williams (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 décembre 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

...and now the screen is struck by lightning !

Plot:

Val Xavier (Marlon Brando), a drifter of obscure origins arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence (Anna Magnani)...

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Corruption | Painter | Racism | Gigolo

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

the best movie ever made

Ensemble

Marlon Brando	...	Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Joanne Woodward	...	Carol Cutrere
Anna Magnani	...	Lady Torrance
Maureen Stapleton	...	Vee Talbot
Victor Jory	...	Jabe M. Torrance
R.G. Armstrong	...	Sheriff Jordan Talbot
Virgilia Chew	...	Nurse Porter
Madame Spivy	...	Ruby Lightfoot
Ben Yaffee	...	Dog Hamma
Joe Brown Jr.	...	Pee Wee Binnings
John Baragrey	...	David Cutrere
Sally Gracie	...	Dolly Hamma
Lucille Benson	...	Beulah Binnings
Emory Richardson	...	Uncle Pleasant
Frank Borgman	...	Gas Station Attendant

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Homme à la peau de serpent, L' (France) [fr]

Durée:

119 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Milton, New York, USA

Company:

Pennebaker Productions

Anecdotes:

Although set in an unnamed small town in the American south, most of the exteriors for this film were actually shot in Milton, New York, a small town on the Hudson River, approximately 40 miles from New York City.

Guillemet:

Lady Torrance: Are you a lady's man?
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier: It's been said that a woman can burn a man down... I can burn a woman down.

Connexions De Film:

Featured in Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV)

the best movie ever made

i cannot believe that i had never heard of this movie. the only possible explanation is that it was spun out of a play that bombed. that said, Sidney lumet does an amazing Job of lithely sprinkling the classical over northern Mississippi (without screaming 'look were being classical now') from a historical perspective the themes dealt with here are amazing both for their envelope pushing and their subtle overlay. the acting is the best I've seen. Brando is third best, Anna M. is next. both are outdone by Woodward. The character actors Jorie and Stapleton are better than all of them.