Film
Hud (1963)
The man with the barbed-wire soul.
Drama, Western· Directed by Martin Ritt· 112 min
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."
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Connections
Top billing
- Paul Newman as Hud Bannon
- Melvyn Douglas as Homer Bannon
- Patricia Neal as Alma Brown
- Brandon De Wilde as Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
- Whit Bissell as Mr. Burris