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.
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $16M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
How Cool Hand Luke actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Cool Hand Luke appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #98
Placed at #98 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Cool Hand Luke returned 5.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $16M
- Release date
- Nov 1, 1967
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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