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The State Theatre Presents
Cool Hand Luke
When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn’t play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard’s resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), who ends up admiring the new guy’s unbreakable will. Luke’s bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison’s dreaded solitary confinement cell, “the box,” make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Information
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Cast
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin
Country
United States
Genre
Crime, Drama
RATED
Approved
Runtime
2h 7m
Year
1967
Language
English
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