Brandon De Wilde, Crahan Denton, Curt Conway

On a Texas ranch an unruly man is bitter enemies with his elderly father, assaults and abuses the woman housekeeper, and shows a young boy who idolizes him the wrong examples.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Release Date: January 1, 1963

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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003

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  • December 25, 2008
    Paul Newman is Hud, a cowboy-player and a bad boy. I happen to like Paul Newman, and bad boys, so I guess we are a perfect match ;)

    Ok, I promise this is the last time I've mentioned Paul Newman's hotness, I don't want to be a girl like that.
    He's more than his looks, he's not...( read more) an outstanding actor, but he adds flavor to every movie he's in.

    I like movies like this, the focus is on the characters and their relationships -no fast chases or complicated plots- just people with their day to day problems.
    Without knowing their past in detail, you sense there is more, and that gives the characters the depth I look for.

  • November 7, 2008
    A gorgeously shot B&W film with a tour-de-force performance by Newman.

    Hud is a character you should hate, but over the course of the film you really grow to feel for him (but I wouldn't say you end up liking him)He's the kind of asshole all men secretly want to be like. A pure ...( read more)bred Alpha Male.

    The supporting cast are all stellar and even more impressive given the rolls don't have the bravado of the lead. Patricia Neal is particularity good with an understated & complex performance that's both protectively maternal and fiercely sexual.

    The dialog is also killer.
  • October 13, 2008
    paul newman plays an absolute bastard in this great modern day western with beautiful b&w cinematography
  • February 16, 2007
    I am always thankful that the cattle executions are kept off camera. Man, can Newman play an absolute SOB well. Now we know that couldn't be easy for him : ) What a talent.

    Patricia Neal took best actress honors for this in 1963. This is well-deserved, but it's also ironi

    ...( read more)c. McMurtry's novel calls for an African American woman to play the character whom Neal portrays, Alma Brown. Undoubtedly the powers that be figured the public was not ready for Newman and a Black female actress -- although I'll bet that if Newman had carried the weight then that he does now, he would have insisted on having a Black actress play the part. It's a shame that so many people thought the way they did back then. Really, nowadays this would be a no-brainer.

    But imagine this, flixsters. What if they had decided to stay absolutely true to the story and had cast an African American woman in this role? And what if this woman's performance had been as strong as Neal's, and she had won the best actress Oscar? Well, it would have been an historic night. 1963 is the same year Sidney Poitier won his best actor award for Lillies of the Field.

    I am so glad that we now live in a much more progressive age.

    If not for the animal slaughter, albeit off-screen slaughter, this would be five stars. Hey, guys, if you've read my stuff before, you know how I feel about the treatment of living creatures on screen.

  • October 24, 2006
    Paul Newman during the height of his best years. Almost enough to make a man turn gay. ALMOST...!
  • September 18, 2009
    Perhaps the greatest son-of-a-b!tch depiction ever put to film and so wonderfully acted by Paul Newman. Amazing classic feature.

    80/100
  • September 8, 2009
    am sure this film was made primarily to please the ladies out there, with Newman as one hell of a baddass... because the story itself is nothing much of a big deal. has some good depiction of moral values, some dramatic scenes, like the one of the cattle killing, and a great perf...( read more)ormance by Newman as Hud.
  • August 24, 2009
    One of the best movies I've ever seen.
  • August 13, 2009
    Brilliant film, absolutely brilliant. Patricia Neal well deserved her Oscar, and gives one of the most memorable performances of all time. Melvyn Douglas is superb, Brandon deWilde and Paul Newman give some of the best performances of their career. The direction is sublime. Excel...( read more)lent cinematography and screenplay.
  • June 9, 2009
    Quote - Honey don't go shooting all the dogs 'cause one of 'em's got fleas.
    Paul Newman hmmm the most handsome man in Hollywood indeed

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  • bpcowboy
    June 7, 2007
    This is bobby pounds,hud came out,on my birth date,i was born on May 29,1963!im 44 years old!i grew up with western movies when i was a kid,i lived in san antonio texas!hud was filmed in texas!i wore western clothes to school,i went to benjamin franklin elementary school in san antonio texas!i was a handsome and good looking cowboy,in my entire school!i was five years old,i was in first grade,back in 1968! Bobby Pounds

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