
Plot
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

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