Hud (1963)
Hud is a book-based movie adapted from "Horseman, pass by" by Larry McMurtry. This Drama/Western film is a loose adaptation, and its release date is May 29, 1963.
The Source Material
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Overview
A stunning literary debut, Horseman, Pass By (1961) exhibits the “full-blooded Western genius” (Publishers Weekly) that would come to define McMurtry’s incomparable sensibility. In the dusty north Texas town of Thalia, young Lonnie Bannon quietly endures the p…
About The Movie
Description
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."
Details
- Title
- Hud
- Original Title
- Hud
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- US Theatrical
- May 29, 1963 · Rated NR
- US Limited Theatrical
- May 24, 1963 · Rated NR
- US Limited Theatrical Note
- New York City, New York