Hud (1963)

Release date: 1963-05-29
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Martin Ritt
Production Co: Salem-Dover Productions
Genre: Western, Drama
Rating: 7.9/10
Length: 1h 52min

Storyline

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 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."

Plot Keywords

neo western, small town, 1950s, barroom brawl, dysfunctional family, ranch, anti hero, pickup truck, cowboy hat, texas, rodeo, shooting, adultery, food, eating, ice cream, pipe smoking, porch, porch swing, rocking chair

Short Review

The four principal actors -- Newman, Neal, Douglas, and de Wilde -- are so good that they might well form the nucleus of a cinematic repertory company.