Cool Hand Luke
The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.
7.7(1,640) 1967-11-01 127 minDramaCrime
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.
Original Music ComposerLalo Schifrin
DirectorStuart Rosenberg
ScreenplayFrank Pierson
ProducerCarter DeHaven Jr.
ProducerGordon Carroll
ScreenplayDonn Pearce
WriterHal Dresner
Cast & characters
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
Clifton James
as Carr
Marc Cavell
as Rabbitt
Richard Davalos
as Blind Dick
Robert Donner
as Boss Shorty
J.D. Cannon
as Society Red
Joe Don Baker
as Fixer
James Gammon
as Sleepy
Wayne Rogers
as Gambler
Ralph Waite
as Alibi
Chuck Hicks
as Chief
Rance Howard
as Sheriff
James Jeter
as Wickerman
Buck Kartalian
as Dynamite
Anthony Zerbe
as Dog Boy
