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."
Amy on villi nuori tyttö, jonka pulppuava energia kiehuu usein yli. Amyn mahtipontinen unelma on tulla kuuluisaksi runoilijaksi, mutta rahapulassaan hän ottaa vastaan myymäläapulaisen paikan - seksikaupasta. Ei se kaikkein helpoin työpaikka nuorelle runotytölle! Samaan aikaan Amy kohtaa suuresti ihailemansa runoilijan, Rat Billingsin, jolta hän toivoo saavansa apua omalle runoilijan uralleen. Ongelma on, että Rat ei voi sietää maanista tyttöä, vaan karttaa tätä kuin ruttoa. Amy ei kuitenkaan vähästä hätkähdä, vaan jatkaa sinnikkäästi unelmansa tavoittelua.
The posse meet three cat clerics who worship Lister as their God. Lister vows to help them as they're being hunted by Rodon, the ruthless feral cat leader who has vowed to wipe out all cats who worship anyone but him.
A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.