Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Movie · 2h 7m · PG
DramaCrime
"The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform."
Overview
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
TMDB
7.7/10
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
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