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Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2
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Cast
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| George Kennedy | ... | ||
| J.D. Cannon | ... | ||
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Lou Antonio | ... | |
| Robert Drivas | ... | ||
| Strother Martin | ... | ||
| Jo Van Fleet | ... | ||
| Clifton James | ... | ||
| Morgan Woodward | ... | ||
| Luke Askew | ... | ||
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Marc Cavell | ... | |
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Richard Davalos | ... | |
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Warren Finnerty | ... | |
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Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because, as Dragline explains it, "You're an original, that's what you are!" Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks. Written by alfiehitchie
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"What we've got here is failure to communicate." See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
1 November 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La leyenda del indomable See more »Company Credits
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Luke: I don't know. Well, things are just never the way they seem, Arletta, you know that. A man's just gotta go his own way.
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(uncredited)
Written by Claude Ely
Performed by Harry Dean Stanton
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Dollar bills seen during egg eating contest is Sixties-era money, not that of decades-earlier period in which movie takes place. See more »Quotes
Arletta: Why, we always thought you was strong enough to carry it. Was we wrong?Luke: I don't know. Well, things are just never the way they seem, Arletta, you know that. A man's just gotta go his own way.
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Featured in American Masters: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) See more »Soundtracks
"There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down"(uncredited)
Written by Claude Ely
Performed by Harry Dean Stanton
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Amazing movie....watched it for the first time three or four years ago. Seen it plenty of times since......this, along with "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", is one of my favorite films of all-time. Luke is a truly memorable character; funny, tragic, inspirational.....a lot like Randle Patrick McMurphy. Paul Newman once again proved the Academy to be full of idiots, giving a great performance deserving of an Oscar. How he only won once, when Sally Field is the owner of two statuettes, is inexplicable. His run of classic films and touchstone characters from the 60s-70s (Luke, Fast Eddie, Butch, etc) is unparalleled. George Kennedy was good, too......I mightn't be good at critiquing, but I know what I like. And I like this.