Val Xavier, een zwerver van obscure afkomst, arriveert in een klein stadje en krijgt een baan in een winkel die wordt gerund door Lady Torrence. Haar man, Jabe M. Torrance, sterft aan kanker. Val wordt achtervolgd door Carol Cutere, de raadselachtige plaatselijke zwerver van de goede familie.
Nee, helaas is The Fugitive Kind nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank L. Thompson | Costume Supervisor |
| Directing | Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Camera | Boris Kaufman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Art Direction |
| Production | Richard Shepherd | Producer |
| Production | Martin Jurow | Producer |
| Editing | Carl Lerner | Editor |
| Art | Gene Callahan | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Larry Duran | Stunts |
| Production | George Justin | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phil Rhodes | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Steve Bono | Production Manager |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Philip Gleason | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Roche | Hairstylist |
| Sound | James A. Gleason | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Saul Midwall | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Harold Posner | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank L. Thompson | Costume Design |
| Writing | Meade Roberts | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tennessee Williams | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tennessee Williams | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Kenyon Hopkins | Original Music Composer |
