Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
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Cast & Crew.
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
Richard Davalos
Blind Dick
Robert Donner
Boss Shorty
J.D. Cannon
Society Red
Joe Don Baker
Fixer
James Gammon
Sleepy
Chuck Hicks
Chief / Stunts
Rance Howard
Sheriff
James Jeter
Wickerman
Joy Harmon
The Girl
Anthony Zerbe
Dog Boy
Warren Finnerty
Tattoo
John McLiam
Boss Keen
Wayne Rogers
Gambler
Charles Tyner
Boss Higgins
Ralph Waite
Alibi
Buck Kartalian
Dynamite
Kim Kahana
Convict (uncredited)
Donn Pearce
Sailor (uncredited) / Novel / Screenplay
John Pearce
John (uncredited)
Rush Williams
Patrolman (uncredited)
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Frank Pierson
Screenplay
Gordon Carroll
Producer
Carter DeHaven Jr.
Producer
Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer
Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
Sam O'Steen
Editor
Cary Odell
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 1, 1967
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 7m
Content RatingPG
Budget$3,200,000
Box Office$16,217,773
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States
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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.
Roger Ebert called Cool Hand Luke an anti-establishment film shot during emerging popular opposition to the Vietnam War. Filming took place within California's San Joaquin River Delta region; the set, imitating a prison farm in the Deep South, was based on photographs and measurements made by a crew the filmmakers sent to a Road Prison in Gainesville, Florida.
Upon its release, Cool Hand Luke received favorable reviews and was a box-office success. It cemented Newman's status as one of the era's top actors, and was called the "touchstone of an era". Newman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Pearce and Pierson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Lalo Schifrin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 2005, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, considering it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film has a 100% rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and the prison warden's (Strother Martin) line in the film beginning with "What we've got here is failure to communicate" was listed at number 11 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes list.