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."
Paul Newman
as Hud Bannon
Melvyn Douglas
as Homer Bannon
Patricia Neal
as Alma Brown
Brandon De Wilde
as Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
Whit Bissell
as Mr. Burris
Crahan Denton
as Jesse
John Ashley
as Hermy
Val Avery
as Jose
George Petrie
as Joe Scanlon
Curt Conway
as Truman Peters
Sheldon Allman
as Mr. Thompson
Pitt Herbert
as Mr. Larker
