Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. Set in the early 1950s, it is based on Donn Pearce's 1965 novel Cool Hand Luke]].
Plot
In early 1950s Florida, decorated World War II veteran Lucas "Luke" Jackson drunkenly beheads several parking meters. He is sentenced to two years on a chain gang in a prison camp run by the Captain, a stern warden, and Walking Boss Godfrey, a quiet rifleman nicknamed "the man with no eyes" because he always wears mirrored sunglasses. There, even minor violations are punished by "a night in the box", a small wooden booth in the prison yard with limited air and space.
Awards
Cast
- Anthony Zerbe
- Charles Tyner
- Clifton James
- Dennis Hopper
- George Kennedy
- Harry Dean Stanton
- J. D. Cannon
- James Gammon
- Jo Van Fleet
- Joe Don Baker
- John McLiam
- Lou Antonio
- Luke Askew
- Marc Cavell
- Morgan Woodward
- Paul Newman
- Ralph Waite
- Rance Howard
- Richard Davalos
- Robert Donner
- Robert Drivas
- Strother Martin
- Warren Finnerty
- Wayne Rogers
More details
| author | Donn Pearce Frank Pierson |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| contentLocation | Florida |
| director | Stuart Rosenberg |
| editor | Sam O'Steen |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | attempt to escape bluff boxing match chain gang errand boy escape attempt even force fourth of july hard-boiled eggs inspire kill leg iron load locked in lose nothing park poker game prison camp prison yard sick mother steal walk warn world war ii |
| musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Gordon Carroll |
| productionCompany | Jalem Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | prison |