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Cool Hand Luke

1967 • 2h7m Drama, Crime

Rating

7.7/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Stuart Rosenberg

Screenplay

Frank Pierson

Donn Pearce

Hal Dresner

Cast

Paul Newman

George Kennedy

Luke Askew

Release date

11/1/1967

Status

Released

Budget

$3,200,000

Revenue

$16,217,773

Origin country

US

Vote count

1537