A Texan rancher's bitter feud with his amoral son Hud comes to a head when the younger man demands they sell the herd before an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is detected. Caught in the middle is Hud's young nephew, who idolises his selfish uncle, but even his loyalty is tested when Hud turns his rage on the family's housekeeper and tries to rape her. Western, with Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and John Ashley