Cool Hand Luke

November. 01,1967      PG
Rating:
8.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Paul Newman as  Luke Jackson
George Kennedy as  Dragline
Luke Askew as  Boss Paul
Morgan Woodward as  Boss Godfrey
Harry Dean Stanton as  Tramp
Dennis Hopper as  Babalugats
Lou Antonio as  Koko
Robert Drivas as  Loudmouth Steve
Strother Martin as  Captain
Jo Van Fleet as  Arletta

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Reviews

Moustroll
1967/11/01

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Listonixio
1967/11/02

Fresh and Exciting

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Mandeep Tyson
1967/11/03

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Billy Ollie
1967/11/04

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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