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Hud
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."
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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."
More about Hud
Cast
Paul NewmanHud Bannon
Melvyn DouglasHomer Bannon
Patricia NealAlma Brown
Brandon De WildeLon 'Lonnie' Bannon
Whit BissellMr. Burris
Crahan DentonJesse
John AshleyHermy
Val AveryJoseCredits
- Directed by
- Martin Ritt
- Written by
- Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., Larry McMurtry
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $10M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States
