Hud (1963)

Hud
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Paul Newman  Melvyn Douglas  Patricia Neal  Brandon De Wilde  Whit Bissell
Year of release: 1963
Running time: 107 Min.
Age restriction: 10 V
Category: Drama  Western  

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.”

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 14 nominations