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Box office. $16.2 million [2] Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, [3] starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.
- $3.2 million
- Lalo Schifrin
- October 31, 1967
- Gordon Carroll
A rebellious prisoner in a Southern chain gang refuses to conform and keeps escaping, despite the brutal treatment by the guards. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning film.
- Stuart Rosenberg
- 395
- 3 min
Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 drama starring Paul Newman as a rebellious prisoner in a Florida farm. The film has a 100% critics rating and a 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and features George Kennedy as his friend Dragline.
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- Stuart Rosenberg
- PG
- Paul Newman
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Jul 10, 2008 · A classic prison film starring Paul Newman as a rebellious and resilient inmate who challenges the system and the guards. Ebert analyzes Newman's performance, the film's themes, and its cultural impact in this insightful review.
A summary of the film about a rebellious prisoner in a rural Florida prison camp, who refuses to conform to the rules and authority. The plot includes his background, his escapes, his fights, his feats, and his fate.
Watch the classic prison film starring Paul Newman as a rebellious inmate who escapes and challenges the system. The Internet Archive offers free download and streaming of this movie in English.
Roger Ebert analyzes the anti-hero character of Paul Newman's Luke, a chain gang leader who escapes and defies the bosses in "Cool Hand Luke" (1967). He compares Luke's role to other anti-heroes in the movies, such as Brando, Newman and Heston, and explains how he became a hero who despises the slobs who admire him.
