Seven Oscar® nominations were the result as celebrated director Martin Ritt (The Front, Sounder, Norma Rae) guided Paul Newman to an Academy Award®-nominated performance as Hud Bannon, the rebellious son of a respectable rancher who's continually at odds with his aging father. Patricia Neal (The Fountainhead, Breakfast at Tiffany's) and Melvyn Douglas (Ninotchka, Being There) co-star, in their Oscar®-winning roles.