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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."
Theatrical
May 29, 1963
Box Office
$10.0M
Budget
$2.5M
Return
4.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 2, 2003
Theaters
3
Director
Martin Ritt
Producers
Irving Ravetch, Martin Ritt
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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Quotes
See all →Understanding the Essence of Truth
Taglines
It's truth you will understand!
Hud's Preferences: Love and Fighting
Taglines
After lovin Hud liked fightin best...after fightin Hud liked lovin best!
The Man with the Barbed Wire Soul
Taglines
The man with the barbed wire soul!
A Request for a Clean Shirt
Hud Bannon
Give me a clean white shirt.
Alma Brown
Boy, you're real big with the "please" and "thank you," aren't you?
Hud Bannon
Please get up off your lazy butt and get me a clean white shirt. Thank you.
Cast
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Paul Newman
Hud Bannon
M
Melvyn Douglas
Homer Bannon
P
Patricia Neal
Alma Brown
B
Brandon De Wilde
Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
W
Whit Bissell
Mr. Burris
C
Crahan Denton
Jesse
J
John Ashley
Hermy
V
Val Avery
Jose
G
George Petrie
Joe Scanlon
C
Curt Conway
Truman Peters
S
Sheldon Allman
Mr. Thompson
P
Pitt Herbert
Mr. Larker
R
Robert Hinkle
Rodeo Announcer Frank
S
Sharyn Hillyer
Myra
Y
Yvette Vickers
Lily Peters
D
Don Kennedy
Charlie Tucker
W
Wag Blesing
Show Spectator
P
Peter Brooks
George
