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Cool Hand Luke
The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
More about Cool Hand Luke
Cast
Paul NewmanLuke Jackson
George KennedyDragline
Luke AskewBoss Paul
Morgan WoodwardBoss Godfrey
Harry Dean StantonTramp
Dennis HopperBabalugats
Lou AntonioKoko
Robert DrivasLoudmouth SteveCredits
- Directed by
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Written by
- Hal Dresner, Donn Pearce, Frank Pierson, Donn Pearce
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3.2M
- Box office
- $16.2M
Production
Warner Bros.-Seven ArtsUnited States- Jalem ProductionsUnited States
