

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."
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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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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
3- J8/10
John Chard
1/20/2019
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…
- D8/10
drystyx
4/18/2023
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 …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/17/2024
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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