
Cool Hand Luke

The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1968)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Actor (1968)
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Box office
Grossed $16.2M worldwide, about 5.1 times its $3.2M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Cool Hand Luke
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Filming locations
Filmed in California
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Setting
Set in Florida
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Music
Music by Lalo Schifrin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Conrad Hall
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Frank PiersonScreenplay
- Donn PearceNovel, Screenplay
- Hal DresnerWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 1, 1967
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3.2M
- Revenue
- $16.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
Streaming on
In the United States
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