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Hud

Hud

The man with the barbed-wire soul.

19637.31h 52m

Overview

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

Directed by Martin Ritt
Written by Larry McMurtry, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Produced by Irving Ravetch, Martin Ritt
Box OfficeBudget: $2.5MRevenue: $10.0M

Top Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Hud Bannon

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Homer Bannon

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Alma Brown

Brandon De Wilde

Brandon De Wilde

Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Mr. Burris

Crahan Denton

Crahan Denton

Jesse

John Ashley

John Ashley

Hermy

Val Avery

Val Avery

Jose

George Petrie

George Petrie

Joe Scanlon

Curt Conway

Curt Conway

Truman Peters

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookrodeotexasranchalcoholismrebellious youthhousekeeperneo-westernhero worship

About Hud

Hud is a drama, western film released in 1963 exploring themes of based on novel or book, rodeo, texas, ranch, alcoholism, rebellious youth. Directed by Martin Ritt, it stars Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal. Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

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