“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.
Stuart Rosenberg
Carter DeHaven Jr.
Gordon Carroll
Frank Pierson
Donn Pearce
Hal Dresner
Conrad L. Hall
Lalo Schifrin
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
Strother Martin
Captain
Jo Van Fleet
Arletta
Clifton James
Carr
Marc Cavell
Rabbitt
... and 20 more
John Chard
Oh Luke you wild beautiful thing! Luke (Paul Newman) lands himself in a Deep South prison farm for drunkenly cutting the heads off of parking meters. Once at the farm Luke refuses to be ground down by the system and its grinning warden (a brilliant Strother Martin). As things role by Luke becomes...
Filipe Manuel Neto
**Celebrate rebellion at a time when everything deserved to be questioned.** The late sixties marked the rise of a culture of rebellion and challenge to the established order. Young people, university students, minorities, suddenly society goes into upheaval and begins to question and make demand...
Luke Boxes Dragline
Clip • YouTube
I Can Eat Fifty Eggs
Clip • YouTube
The Making of Cool Hand Luke
Behind the Scenes • YouTube
Full Movie Preview
Clip • YouTube
4K Trailer
Trailer • YouTube
That Ol' Luke Smile Scene
Clip • YouTube
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Jalem Productions