Cool Hand Luke

The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.

Cool Hand Luke — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 1, 1967
• Runtime
• 127 min
• Genres
• Drama, Crime
• Director
• Stuart Rosenberg

Cool Hand Luke — Cast

Paul Newman Luke Jackson George Kennedy Dragline Luke Askew Boss Paul Morgan Woodward Boss Godfrey Harry Dean Stanton Tramp Dennis Hopper Babalugats Lou Antonio Koko Robert Drivas Loudmouth Steve