"When we get home, I'll explain that we had a lover's quarrel... That you ran away... That I went after you and brought you back. That'll please Dad. He admires action. Then I'll explain that we' re gonna be married before the week is out... That I can't bear to have you out of my sight. He also admires wholesome animal lust."

"I'm fighting a powerful impulse to beat the hell out of you."

"You're very sexy with your face clean."

"Are you still in the mood for killing?"

"Whit Bissell - Mr. Burris"

"John Ashley - Hermy"

"Brandon de Wilde - Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon"

"Patricia Neal - Alma Brown"

"Melvyn Douglas - Homer Bannon"

"Paul Newman - Hud Bannon"

"It's truth you will understand!"

"After lovin' Hud liked fightin' best...after fightin' Hud liked lovin' best!"

"The man with the barbed wire soul!"

"Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire. You're just going to have to make up your own mind one day about what's right and wrong."

"You don't care about people Hud, you don't give a damn about 'em. Oh, you got all that charm goin' for ya, and it makes the youngsters want to be like ya. That's the shame of it 'cause you don't value nothin', you don't respect nothin'. You keep no check on your appetites at all. You live just for yourself. And that makes you not fit to live with."

"It don't take long to kill things, not like it takes to grow."

"[to Lonnie] Boys with impure thoughts break into acne. Keep it up and you'll see."

"You know something Fantan? This world is so full of crap, a man's gonna get into it sooner or later whether he's careful or not."

"It happens to everybody - Nobody gets out of life alive."

"If you don't look out for yourself, the only helping hand you'll ever get is when they lower your pine box."

"[Having slept with Joe's wife, Hud blames it on Lonnie - who has just come to collect Hud. Joe is ready to murder Lonnie on the spot, but Hud prevents him from doing so] Lay off him, he's diabetic; don't worry, I'll cool his temperature but good. [to Lonnie, as they're driving away] Relax, Fantan; you'll be able to charge a stud fee for yourself, after that story gets around town."

"Shoot a man for sleeping with someone's wife? That's silly. Half the town'd be wiped out."

"The chase is on!"

"Clifton James - Lem"

"Paul Williams - Seymour"

"Diana Hyland - Elizabeth Rogers"

"James Fox - Jason "Jake" Rogers"

"Robert Duvall - Edwin Stewart"

"The best thing about turning over a new leaf on Saturday night is that it disappears with a Sunday morning hangover."

"Richard Bradford - Damon Fuller"