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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Cast
19 people
Paul Newman
Hud Bannon
Known for
Cars
The Sting
Melvyn Douglas
Homer Bannon
Known for
The Tenant
Being There
Patricia Neal
Alma Brown
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Brandon De Wilde
Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
Known for
Shane
In Harm's Way
Whit Bissell
Mr. Burris
Known for
The Time Tunnel
The Time Machine
Crahan Denton
Jesse
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Parent Trap
John Ashley
Hermy
Known for
Zero Hour!
Val Avery
Jose
Known for
Cobra
Papillon
George Petrie
Joe Scanlon
Known for
Baby Boom
Gypsy
Curt Conway
Truman Peters
Known for
Raw Deal
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Sheldon Allman
Mr. Thompson
Known for
The Sons of Katie Elder
In Cold Blood
Pitt Herbert
Mr. Larker
Known for
While the City Sleeps
Martin Ritt Director · Irving Ravetch Writer Harriet Frank Jr. Writer
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $2.5M · United States release May 24, 1963
Box office
Budget
$2,500,000
Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 24, 1963
Premiere · Hollywood, California
United States · May 24, 1963
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
May 29, 1963 · Theatrical
Argentina
February 28, 1964 · Theatrical
Australia
July 26, 1963 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 6, 1964 · Theatrical
Finland
September 20, 1963 · Theatrical
France
September 13, 1963 · Theatrical
Germany
August 2, 1963 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 4, 1963 · Theatrical
Italy
September 6, 1963 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
September 12, 1963 · Theatrical
Japan
November 2, 1963 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 9, 1964 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 3, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Spain
September 2, 1963 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 30, 1963 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 30, 1963 · Theatrical
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