Hud

Story

Synopsis

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."

Director

Martin Ritt

Writers

Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch, Larry McMurtry

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

24 May 1963

Budget

$2,500,000

Box office

$10,000,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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