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."

Director

Martin Ritt

Novela

Larry McMurtry

Screenplay

Irving Ravetch

Screenplay

Harriet Frank Jr.

Status

Released

Release date

24/05/1963

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 3 M

Box office

US$ 10 M