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73% Critic Match
Hud
“The man with the barbed-wire soul.”
7.3 / 10• 1963• 1h 52m•NR• English
DramaWestern
Storyline
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."
Cast & Crew
Paul Newman
Hud Bannon
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Martin Ritt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hud is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
