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