Fresh
Stuart Rosenberg's direction is a horror, but the cast teems with so many familiar faces that this 1967 film can't help but entertain.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Cool Hand Luke
The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.
1967 · 2h 7m · Approved
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Stuart Rosenberg
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.
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100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Newman gives an excellent performance, assisted by a terriffic supporting cast, including George Kennedy, outstanding as the unofficial leader of the cons who yields first place to Newman.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A caustically witty look at the American South and its still-surviving chain gangs, with Newman in fine sardonic form as the boss-baiter who refuses to submit and becomes a hero to his fellow-prisoners.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
A tough, honest film with backbone.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
It's as fresh and effective in 2004 as it was in 1967.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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