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Cool Hand Luke ()

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A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations.
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Lucas 'Luke' Jackson
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Dragline
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Society Red
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Koko
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Loudmouth Steve
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Captain
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Arletta
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Carr
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Boss Godfrey
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Boss Paul Hunnicutt
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Rabbitt
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Blind Dick
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Boss Shorty
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Tattoo
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Babalugats
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Boss Keen
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Gambler
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Edgar 'Tramp' Potter (as Dean Stanton)
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Boss Higgins
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Alibi
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Dog Boy
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Dynamite
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The Girl
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Fixer (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Sleepy (uncredited)
Norman Goodwins ...
Stupid Blonde (uncredited)
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Chief (uncredited)
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Sheriff (uncredited)
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Wickerman (uncredited)
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Convict (uncredited)
Robert Luster ...
Jabo (uncredited)
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Prisoner (uncredited)
Donn Pearce ...
Sailor (uncredited)
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John (uncredited)
Cyril 'Chips' Robinson ...
Ben (uncredited)
Eddie Rosson ...
Luke's Nephew (uncredited)
George Simmons ...
Prisoner (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Patrolman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stuart Rosenberg

Written by

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Donn Pearce ... (screenplay) and
Frank Pierson ... (screenplay) (as Frank R. Pierson)
 
Donn Pearce ... (novel)
 
Hal Dresner ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Gordon Carroll ... producer
Carter De Haven Jr. ... associate producer

Music by

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Lalo Schifrin

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Conrad L. Hall ... director of photography (as Conrad Hall)

Editing by

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Sam O'Steen

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Cary Odell

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Fred Price

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Howard Shoup

Makeup Department

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Gordon Bau ... makeup supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly ... supervising hair stylist

Production Management

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Arthur S. Newman Jr. ... unit manager (as Arthur Newman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hank Moonjean ... assistant director

Art Department

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John Barton ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Craig Binkley ... set dresser (uncredited)
Frank L. Brown ... set dresser (uncredited)
Robert Cooper ... property master (uncredited)
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Don Miller ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Wes Webb ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Larry Jost ... sound
Doug Mountain ... ReRecording Mixer: Mono Restoration (uncredited) / Supervising Sound Editor: Mono Restoration (uncredited)
Dan Wallin ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Stunts

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M. James Arnett ... stunt double Paul Newman (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Kim Kahana ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jordan Cronenweth ... camera operator (uncredited)
Thomas Del Ruth ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Michael A. Jones ... assistant chief lighting technician (uncredited) / rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Harry Sundby ... chief electrician (uncredited)
Robert C. Thomas ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department

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Ben Benay ... musician: studio guitarist (uncredited)
Richard Hazard ... orchestrator (uncredited)
The Hollywood Studio Symphony ... music performed by (uncredited)
Barney Kessel ... musician: guitar, soundtrack (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica soloist (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Lalo Schifrin ... conductor (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Dan Wallin ... scoring mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Frank Khoury ... unit driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Wayne Fitzgerald ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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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Taglines "What we've got here is failure to communicate." See more »
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Also Known As
  • La leyenda del indomable (United States, Spanish title)
  • Luke la main froide (France)
  • Der Unbeugsame (Germany)
  • La leyenda del indomable (Spain)
  • La llegenda de l'indomable (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 127 min
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Budget $3,200,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county. See more »
Goofs The time period was more likely 1958 because Luke sang, "Plastic Jesus", a folk song which was written in 1957. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981). See more »
Soundtracks Plastic Jesus See more »
Quotes [Luke wins a poker hand on a bluff]
Dragline: Nothin'! A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head, he beat you with nothin', just like today when he kept comin' back at me, with nothin'.
Luke: Yeah, well... sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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