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."
Cast
Paul Newman
Hud Bannon
Melvyn Douglas
Homer Bannon
Patricia Neal
Alma Brown
Brandon De Wilde
Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
Whit Bissell
Mr. Burris
Crahan Denton
Jesse
John Ashley
Hermy
Val Avery
Jose
George Petrie
Joe Scanlon
Curt Conway
Truman Peters
Sheldon Allman
Mr. Thompson
Pitt Herbert
Mr. Larker
Robert Hinkle
Rodeo Announcer Frank
Sharyn Hillyer
Myra
Yvette Vickers
Lily Peters
Don Kennedy
Charlie Tucker
Carl Low
Mr. Kirby
Wag Blesing
Show Spectator
Peter Brooks
George
Crew
Martin Ritt
Director, Producer
Harriet Frank Jr.
Writer
Irving Ravetch
Writer, Producer
Larry McMurtry
Novel
Frank Bracht
Editor
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Rex Wimpy
Second Unit Director of Photography
John R. Carter
Sound Recordist
John Wilkinson
Sound Recordist
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Tambi Larsen
Art Direction
