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A Balasaur Score of 86 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 92/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 762 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,671 audience votes
Key crew
- Lalo SchifrinOriginal Music Composer
- Donn PearceScreenplay
- Stuart RosenbergDirector
- Frank PiersonScreenplay
- Hal DresnerWriter
Cast
- Paul NewmanLuke Jackson
- George KennedyDragline
- Luke AskewBoss Paul
- Morgan WoodwardBoss Godfrey
- Harry Dean StantonTramp
- Dennis HopperBabalugats
- Lou AntonioKoko
- Robert DrivasLoudmouth Steve
- Strother MartinCaptain
- Jo Van FleetArletta
- Clifton JamesCarr
- Marc CavellRabbitt
Stills
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1967
Cool Hand Luke is #2 of 60
