Cool Hand Luke

"The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform."

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.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Cast

Paul Newman

Luke Jackson

George Kennedy

Dragline

Luke Askew

Boss Paul

Morgan Woodward

Boss Godfrey

Harry Dean Stanton

Tramp

Dennis Hopper

Babalugats

Lou Antonio

Koko

Robert Drivas

Loudmouth Steve