Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke is a book-based movie adapted from "Cool Hand Luke" by Donn Pearce. This Drama/Crime film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is November 1, 1967.
The Source Material
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Overview
Out of his experiences working on a chain gang, Donn Pearce created Cool Hand Luke, the larger-than-life war hero--Good Guy Number One--turned drunkard, vandal, and convict. A blasphemer and "pretty evil feller" who "could work the hardest, eat the mostest, an…
About The Movie
Description
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.
Details
- Title
- Cool Hand Luke
- Original Title
- Cool Hand Luke
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- US Theatrical
- November 1, 1967 · Rated PG