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."
Writing | Larry McMurtry | Novel |
Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
Sound | John R. Carter | Sound Recordist |
Art | Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
Camera | James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
Editing | Frank Bracht | Editor |
Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
Production | Martin Ritt | Producer |
Production | Irving Ravetch | Producer |
Writing | Irving Ravetch | Writer |
Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Writer |
Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
Art | Tambi Larsen | Art Direction |
Camera | Rex Wimpy | Second Unit Director of Photography |
Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Recordist |