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Cool Hand Luke Details

1967 Certificate 15
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Paul Newman was nominated for an Oscar and George Kennedy received one for his work in this allegorical prison drama. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain (Strother Martin) is for each .. Read more

Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin
Director Stuart Rosenberg
Genres Drama

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Cool Hand Luke

Paul Newman was nominated for an Oscar and George Kennedy received one for his work in this allegorical prison drama. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain (Strother Martin) is for each prisoner to get their mind right, it soon becomes obvious that Luke is not about to kowtow to anybody. When challenged to a fistfight by fellow inmate Dragline (George Kennedy), Luke simply refuses to give up, even though he's brutally beaten. Luke knows how to win at poker, even with bad cards, by using his smarts and playing it cool. Luke also figures out a way for the men to get their work done in half the usual time, giving them the afternoon off. Finally, when Luke finds out his mother has died, he plots his escape; when he's caught, he simply escapes again. Soon, Luke becomes a symbol of hope and resilience to the other men in the prison camp -- and a symbol of rebelliousness that must be stamped out to the guards and the captain. Along with stellar performances by Newman, Kennedy, and Martin, Cool Hand Luke features a superb supporting cast, including Ralph Waite, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Wayne Rogers, and Joe Don Baker as members of the chain gang.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon, Wayne Rogers, Anthony Zerbe, Ralph Waite, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Don Baker, Clifton James, Lou Antonio, Morgan Woodward
Director Stuart Rosenberg
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 1 min
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 1 min
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released Production year: 1967

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DVD: 01 Feb 2006
Blu-ray: 15 Sep 2008

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      In this classic Southern prison drama, social misfit Lucas Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is incarcerated for a petty crime and sentenced to a chain gang. Luke is a sullen and laconic young man whose cool defiance of the sadistic warden and bullying inmates earns him the title Cool Hand Luke. But as ...
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      Paul Newman was nominated for an Oscar and George Kennedy received one for his work in this allegorical prison drama. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain ...

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