Cool Hand Luke
“The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.”
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, 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.
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Cast
32 people
Paul Newman
Luke Jackson
Known for
Cars
The Sting
George Kennedy
Dragline
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Creepshow 2
Luke Askew
Boss Paul
Known for
Easy Rider
Frailty
Morgan Woodward
Boss Godfrey
Known for
Dallas
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Harry Dean Stanton
Tramp
Known for
Alien
Paris, Texas
Dennis Hopper
Babalugats
Known for
Speed
Waterworld
Lou Antonio
Koko
Known for
America America
Hawaii
Robert Drivas
Loudmouth Steve
Known for
The Illustrated Man
God Told Me To
Strother Martin
Captain
Known for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Slap Shot
Jo Van Fleet
Arletta
Known for
The Tenant
East of Eden
Clifton James
Carr
Known for
Live and Let Die
Eight Men Out
Marc Cavell
Rabbitt
Known for
The Wild Angels
Stuart Rosenberg Director · Donn Pearce Screenplay Frank Pierson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $3.2M · United States release November 1, 1967
Box office
Budget
$3,200,000
Worldwide gross
$16,217,773
Gross vs. budget
5.1×
Production
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Production
Jalem Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · November 1, 1967
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 1967
Theatrical
Australia
March 29, 1968 · Theatrical
February 12, 2018 · Physical · DVD
November 1, 2020 · Digital
Brazil
February 13, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Canada
September 9, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Finland
February 23, 1968 · Theatrical
France
December 1, 1967 · Theatrical
October 1, 2008 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
December 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Greece
July 3, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Hungary
October 10, 1968 · Theatrical
Iceland
April 28, 1969 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 29, 1968 · Theatrical
Israel
July 28, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Italy
December 21, 1967 · Theatrical
Japan
August 24, 1968 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 26, 1968 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 16, 2005 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
November 1, 2020 · Digital
Norway
January 11, 1968 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 8, 2015 · Digital
Poland
June 11, 2018 · TV
Portugal
February 2, 1968 · Theatrical
Singapore
February 13, 2018 · Physical · DVD
South Africa
September 15, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Spain
April 15, 1968 · Theatrical
June 7, 1980 · TV
Sweden
November 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 1, 1969 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
September 9, 2008 · Physical · Blu-Ray
United Kingdom
November 23, 1967 · Theatrical
April 12, 1999 · Physical · VHS
September 15, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Uruguay
December 5, 1968 · Theatrical
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