Hud

Hud (1963)

The man with the barbed-wire soul.

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."

Date of release
1963-05-24
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (376)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama, Western
Director
Martin Ritt

Casting

  • Paul Newman — Hud Bannon
  • Melvyn Douglas — Homer Bannon
  • Patricia Neal — Alma Brown
  • Brandon De Wilde — Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
  • Whit Bissell — Mr. Burris
  • Crahan Denton — Jesse
  • John Ashley — Hermy
  • Val Avery — Jose
  • George Petrie — Joe Scanlon
  • Curt Conway — Truman Peters
  • Sheldon Allman — Mr. Thompson
  • Pitt Herbert — Mr. Larker

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