An ongoing conflict between the principled family patriarch, Homer Bannon, and his unscrupulous and arrogant son, Hud, during an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease puts the family’s cattle ranch at risk. Lonnie, Homer’s grandson and Hud’s nephew, is caught up in the conflict and is forced to choose whom he will follow.
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Rating: 7.9/10 (17,851 votes) Director: Martin Ritt Writer: Irving Ravetch (screenplay), Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay), Larry McMurtry (from a novel by) Stars: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde Runtime: 112 min Rated: Not Rated Genre: Drama, Western Released: 29 May 1963 |
| Plot: 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 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." | |
