Cool Hand Luke

Name: Cool Hand Luke
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1967-11-01
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 7.7

The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.

2h 7m English

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Cool Hand Luke

The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.

2h 7m English

★ #4,456 Drama Crime

#prison #rebel #loss of loved one #based on novel or book #florida #harassment #imprisonment #dying and death #escape #barbed wire #death #prison farm #dramatic

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.

Director Stuart Rosenberg

Novel, Screenplay Donn Pearce Screenplay Frank Pierson Writer Hal Dresner

Budget $3,200,000

Revenue $16,217,773

Net Return +$13,017,773

Performance 5.07x budget

Profitable

0x 1.0x (Budget) 2.5x (Est. Break-even)

* Movies typically require ~2.5x budget in ticket sales to cover marketing and theater splits.