Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Paul Newman | ... | Hud Bannon | |
Melvyn Douglas | ... | Homer Bannon | |
Patricia Neal | ... | Alma Brown | |
Brandon De Wilde | ... | Lonnie Bannon (as Brandon de Wilde) | |
Whit Bissell | ... | Mr. Burris | |
Crahan Denton | ... | Jesse | |
John Ashley | ... | Hermy | |
Val Avery | ... | Jose | |
George Petrie | ... | Joe Scanlon | |
Curt Conway | ... | Truman Peters | |
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Sheldon Allman | ... | Mr. Thompson |
Pitt Herbert | ... | Mr. Larker | |
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Carl Low | ... | Mr. Kirby |
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Robert Hinkle | ... | Rodeo Announcer Frank |
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Don Kennedy | ... | Charlie Tucker |
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." Written by alfiehitchie
I knew I had seen it, I had a black and white James Wong Howe Cinemascope memory and Paul Newman's body language. How he walks, how he stands. I remember thinking that Jake Gyllenhaal had borrowed that physicality for his character in "Brokeback Mountain" and I just realized that Larry McMurtry is the author of both "Brokeback Mountain" and "Hud". He provides us with a look into the modern cowboy that is not only unique but mesmerizing. Paul Newman's Hud is a cad and yet you feel we sense that behind the bravado hides a desperate man looking for something. Something personal and unspoken. Hud is one of my favorite Newman performances. Soulless and yet needy. Is it a coincidence that the only woman that"got away" from Hud is named Alma? - Alma in Spanish means soul - Alma is played by Patricia Neal with power and humanity and she won the Oscar for it. Melvyn Douglas also won the Oscar for his superb performance and Brandon de Wilde deserved one of his own. He is extraordinary. Hud has become an important film in my life and in future viewings in years to come I may discover why.