Hud (1963)

The man with the barbed-wire soul.

• Drama
• Western

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."

Rating

7.3 / 10 (378 votes)

Release date

May 24, 1963

Runtime

1h 52m

Language

English

Director

Martin Ritt

Status

Released