Cool Hand Luke

Film - 1967 - Crime, Drama

The story

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.

Directed by

Stuart Rosenberg

Starring

Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew, Morgan Woodward, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper

Where to watch

hbo

Ratings

IMDb 8 out of 10

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Film · 1967 · Crime · Drama

Cool Hand Luke

81% match2h 7mM
HBO Max
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Cool Hand Luke hits the based on novel or book and cerebral thread running through your loves.

✦ Based on novel or book · Cerebral✦ Critically loved
The story

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.

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IMDb
8 / 10
197k votes
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100%
Tomatometer
4.16 / 5
126k ratings · Letterboxd
TMDB
7.7 / 10
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Details
TypeFilm
GenreCrime, Drama
Runtime2h 7m
RatedM
Release1967-11-01
Where to watch
HBO Max
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