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Name: Cool Hand Luke
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 1967
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 8

Cool Hand Luke has an iRankMovies score of 87.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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

Release:1967

Runtime:2h 7m

Country:United States

Director:Stuart Rosenberg

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDrama

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Keywords

PrisonDying And DeathFloridaBased On Novel Or BookEscape Loss Of Loved OneRebelHarassment

iRank87

Cool Hand Luke rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 197K votes

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Metacritic92%

TMDb7.746/10· 2K votes

With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 92/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Cool Hand Luke

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.

Cast of Cool Hand Luke

Paul Newman
as Luke Jackson
George Kennedy
as Dragline
Luke Askew
as Boss Paul
Morgan Woodward
as Boss Godfrey
Harry Dean Stanton
as Tramp
Dennis Hopper
as Babalugats
Lou Antonio
as Koko
Robert Drivas
as Loudmouth Steve
Strother Martin
as Captain
Jo Van Fleet
as Arletta
Clifton James
as Carr
Marc Cavell
as Rabbitt

Cool Hand Luke facts

Budget: $3.2M
Box office: $16.2M

Our take on Cool Hand Luke

This 1967 classic sends defiant petty criminal Luke to a brutal Florida prison farm, where his unbreakable spirit makes him a legend to the other inmates and a target for the system. Iconic and quietly rebellious, it's a parable of individuality crushed and undimmed. If its anti-authority heart and tragic charisma gripped you, seek out prison dramas and stories of irrepressible loners who refuse to be broken.

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