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24/05/1963 Drama, Western 1h 52m
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The man with the barbed-wire soul.

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."

  1. Martin Ritt

    Director

  2. Irving Ravetch

    Writer

  3. Harriet Frank Jr.

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Newman

    Hud Bannon

  2. Melvyn Douglas

    Homer Bannon

  3. Patricia Neal

    Alma Brown

  4. Brandon De Wilde

    Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon

  5. Whit Bissell

    Mr. Burris

  6. Crahan Denton

    Jesse

  7. John Ashley

    Hermy

  8. Val Avery

    Jose

  9. George Petrie

    Joe Scanlon

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-01-20
You're an unprincipled man, Hud.

Hud is directed by Martin Ritt and adapted to screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., from the Larry McMurty novel Horsemen, Pass By. It stars Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and Brandon de Wilde. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by James Wong Howe.

Hud Bannon (Newman) doesn't care for much outside of himself, life is to be enjoyed by drinking, fighting, bedding women and basically anything as long as he avoids responsibility for it. This greatly upsets his father, Homer (Douglas), a very principled man who is tormente...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,500,000.00

Revenue
$10,000,000.00

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