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Hud

The man with the barbed-wire soul.

7.3(376)19631h 52m4

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."

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.5M
Box office
$10M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • rodeo
  • texas
  • ranch
  • alcoholism
  • rebellious youth
  • housekeeper
  • neo-western
  • hero worship

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Behind the camera

Director

Martin Ritt

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRHollywood, California24 May 1963
    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York24 May 1963
    • TheatricalNR29 May 1963
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical30 May 1963
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM26 Jul 1963
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1628 Feb 1964
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical156 Jan 1964
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1620 Sept 1963
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP13 Sept 1963
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical162 Aug 1963
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical154 Oct 1963
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival6 Sept 1963
    • Theatrical12 Sept 1963
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG2 Nov 1963
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB9 Apr 1964

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Hud was released on 24 May 1963.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    1/20/2019

    8/10

    You're an unprincipled man, Hud. Hud is directed by Martin Ritt and adapted to screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., from the Larry McMurty novel Horsemen, Pass By. It stars Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and Brandon de Wilde. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by James Wong Howe. Hud Bannon (Newman) doesn't care for much outside of himself, life is to be enjoyed by drinkin…

  • D

    drystyx

    4/18/2023

    8/10

    Study of a creep. I don't want to be a spoiler, but that's what the movie is. And it's done in a very flowing way. We have four main characters, although the woman, played by Patricia Neal, soon leaves. The others are Hud, played by Paul Newman, his father, played by Melvyn Douglas, and his nephew played by Brandon de Wilde. Hud is vicious and selfish to the max. His father tries to get him to reform. At first we …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/17/2024

    7/10

    Although he takes top billing here, it isn't actually Paul Newman's eponymous role that stands out for me here. That would jointly be Patricia Neal's long suffering 'Alma" and Brandon De Wilde's naive and innocent "Lon". The latter lad is the nephew of "Hud" and all live with his grandfather "Homer" (Melvyn Douglas) on his cattle ranch. "Homer" is a decent cove, "Alma" is their housekeeper and "Hud" - well he just bo…

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