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Cool Hand Luke

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Cool Hand Luke
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NR,2hrs 6min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1967
Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon  ...more
Synopsis: 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), ... Full Synopsis
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Matthew Doberman, AMG Review
Paul Newman created one of the most indelible anti-authoritarian heroes in movie history with his dynamic portrayal of the title character in 1967's Cool Hand Luke. It's some of the best work of Newman's career, and he's ably backed by the excellent Strother Martin -- whose "What we've got here is a failure to communicate" speech took on a life of its own in popular culture -- and George Kennedy, who ... Full Review
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Paul Newman
Lucas (Luke) Jackson
George Kennedy
Dragline
J.D. Cannon
Society Red
Lou Antonio
Koko
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Paul Newman in "Cool Hand Luke" (1967) (Camera Press Digital/Retna Ltd.)
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