Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Paul Newman. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from Pearce's 1965 novel of the same name. The film features George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon and Morgan Woodward. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. In 2005, the United States Library of Congr... More
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  • Nov 1, 1967

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  • 2 h 6 min

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Stuart Rosenberg

Stuart Rosenberg (August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007) was an American film and television director whose notable works included the movies Cool Hand Luke (1967), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979), and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New...

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

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  • Nov 1, 1967
  • 1967
  • Sep 9, 2008
  • Jun 25, 1997
  • Nov 3, 1997
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  • 2 h 6 min
  • 2 h 7 min
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Year Award Award Nominee Notes/Description
  • 1967
  • 1967
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1968
  • role: Dragline †
  • 1967
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Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1967
  • Role: Dragline

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  • 71
  • 2006
  • 421
  • 7.0
  • 2005
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers of 2006

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Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke is a novel by Donn Pearce published in 1965. It was adapted into a film of the same name. The story is told in first-person narrative and is unusual in that although there is dialogue, all words are indented paragraphs and are not encased in quotes as in normal English-language...

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