Cool Hand Luke

You serve hard time in a sun-bleached Florida prison where even the shadows are armed. A fresh inmate starts a war he can’t win but won’t name. A director once called prison movies therapy for the free, this one just leaves you stared down by a quiet man’s last cigarette.

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Stuart Rosenberg directed Cool Hand Luke in 1967. See Stuart Rosenberg's full filmography, where to start with Stuart Rosenberg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stuart Rosenberg.

Cool Hand Luke was released in 1967 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.