Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. Set in the early 1950s, it is based on Donn Pearce's 1965 novel Cool Hand Luke. Roger Ebert called Cool Hand Luke an anti-establishment film shot during emerging popular opposition to the Vietnam War. Filming took place wi

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2.9K views · 11K reactions | My favorite film is probably a Paul Newman movie called ‘Cool Hand Luke’ (1967). That’s a great movie about a guy against the system. He will not give up. I love movies like that because they inspire me to be a better man. Woody Harrelson | History of Cinema | Facebook