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Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

Nov 1, 1967
127 min
DramaCrime
7.7/ 10
1,517 votes

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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TMDB
7.7/10
1,517 votes
IMDB
8.0/10
195,369 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
92/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$3,200,000Production cost
Box Office$16,217,773Worldwide gross
Profit$13,017,773Profitable
ROI
+406.8%Return on investment

Awards & Nominations

Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 11 nominations total

Details

Production information

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

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$3,200,000

Revenue

$16,217,773

Production Companies

Warner Bros.-Seven ArtsJalem Productions

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