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Cool Hand Luke (1967) Topics. Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Prison, Fugitive, Bet, Hard Boiled Egg. Language. English. Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured.
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Jul 10, 2008 · Roger Ebert July 10, 2008. Tweet. Luke (Paul Newman) takes a beating in "Cool Hand Luke." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. All these years after the release of "Cool Hand Luke" in 1967, all you have to do is say, "What we have here is--failure to communicate." Everyone knows the line, and everyone can identify the film, even those who ...
Cool Hand Luke. Jump to Edit. Summaries. A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform. Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured.
Luke is the first Newman character to understand himself well enough to tell us to shove off. He's through risking his neck to make us happy. With this film, Newman completes a cycle of five films over six years, and together they have something to say about the current status of heroism.
Mar 7, 2024 · Cool Hand Luke, American film drama, released in 1967, featuring Paul Newman in one of his most highly regarded performances, as a convict who refuses to kowtow to his sadistic jailers. Newman’s antihero role was especially popular amid the anti-establishment currents of the 1960s.
John Chard. 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.
