Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967 | 2h 7m | Drama | TV-14

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Brief Synopsis

Oscar® winner Paul Newman stars in this American prison drama film as Luke Jackson, a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Florida chain gang who refuses to surrender to authority, earning the nickname Cool Hand Luke--and the enmity of the warden.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Stuart Rosenberg

CAST

Paul Newman

George Kennedy

J.D. Cannon

Robert Drivas

Lou Antonio

Strother Martin

Jo Van Fleet

PRODUCERS

Gordon Carroll

WRITERS

Donn Pearce

Frank Pierson

Host Intros

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Eddie Muller Intro -- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Intro Aired: May 2019
TCM's Eddie Muller introduces Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
02:17
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Intro Aired: Feb 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
01:33
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
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TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
02:03
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Intro Aired: Dec 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
01:45
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Intro Aired: Feb 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Intro Aired: Oct 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Cool Hand Luke, 1967.

Related Videos

Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Every Cent In Camp
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A portion of the famous attempt by Luke (Paul Newman), coached by Dragline (George Kennedy), to eat fifty hard-boiled to eggs win a prison bet in Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
03:39
Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- (Movie Clip) You Better Come Along With Us
Clip
Director Stuart Rosenbergs evocative opening, introducing Paul Newman in the title role committing his rather allegorical crime from the original novel by one-time Florida inmate Donn Pearce, from Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Plastic Jesus
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Luke (Paul Newman) receives word in prison that his mother has died, and sings a loosely religious song in director Stuart Rosenberg's Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Take Them Stripes Off Your Pants?
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The escaped Luke (Paul Newman), chained and pursued by bloodhounds, gets help from two neighborhood kids in Cool Hand Luke, 1967, from the novel by Donn Pearce.
Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Somebody Oughta Stop This Thing
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Inmates played by Ralph Waite, Lou Antonio, Dennis Hopper, Wayne Rogers and J.D. Cannon are in the crowd as Luke (Paul Newman) takes a pounding from Dragline (George Kennedy in his Academy Award-winning role) in Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
02:47
Cool Hand Luke - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A free-spirited convict refuses to conform to chain-gang life in Cool Hand Luke (1967), starring Paul Newman & George Kennedy.

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