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Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 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.
Cool Hand Luke: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio. A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Apr 4, 2023. When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the...
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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.
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 (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.
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.
