Cool Hand Luke

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

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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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Creators

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Stuart Rosenberg

director

Donn Pearce

writer

Frank Pierson

writer

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Hal Dresner

writer

Cast

Paul Newman actor George Kennedy actor Luke Askew actor

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Morgan Woodward actor Harry Dean Stanton actor Dennis Hopper actor Lou Antonio actor

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Robert Drivas actor Strother Martin actor

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Jo Van Fleet actor Clifton James actor

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Marc Cavell actor Richard Davalos actor Robert Donner actor J.D. Cannon actor Joe Don Baker actor James Gammon actor Wayne Rogers actor Ralph Waite actor Chuck Hicks actor