Paine: Don""t be a fool, Saunders.If certain things happen, I""m taking everybody up with me and you""ll get one of the biggest jobs in Washington.He proudly displays a sign on the cage: "POLICE DOG FOR SALE." BackgroundHud(1963) is the story of the title character - a young Texas rancher named Hud Bannon (Paul Newman), the son of moral patriarch, law-abiding cattleman Homer Bannon (Melvyn Douglas) in modern day Texas.The dated story was an example of the ""portmanteau"" style (everything revolved around or was tied together by a single location, a fashionable foreign hotel in this case).Power blackouts begin to hit North America and darken cities.Gorman grabbed a fire-safety axe and hacked at the mechanism to shut off the green ray.To retaliate, the machine slammed Gorman into a cave wall with an energy beam, as Superman fled and flew away.O""Connell, but I am proud of what I am...I am a librarian" - and then passed out.The next day, the American team removed a large ornate chest from the secret compartment, and although the Egyptologist warned of a curse, the cowboys ignored him.