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Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, [3] 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.
Cool Hand Luke is a novel by Donn Pearce published in 1965. It was adapted into the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. The story is told in a first-person narrative from the perspective of a convict in a central Florida prison. He works on a chain gang maintaining the berms of highways. He recounts the story of a "legendary" fellow inmate whose nickname ...
Harmon's stand-out acting roles include the 30-foot-tall (9 m) Merrie in Village of the Giants (1965, in which she captures normal-sized Johnny Crawford and suspends him from her bikini top), and the car-washing Lucille in Cool Hand Luke (1967) [7] with her purportedly 41–22–36 measurements. [2]
George Harris Kennedy Jr. [1] (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe.
He is a former PDC World Champion, having won the 2024 World Championship, defeating Luke Littler in the final. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, Humphries has won six other PDC major singles titles; the World Grand Prix, Grand Slam and Players Championship Finals in 2023, the World Matchplay and Players Championship ...
Cool Hand Luke, Pier Head Jump, Dying in the Sun, Nobody Comes Back Donn Pearce (September 28, 1928 – July 25, 2017) was an American author and journalist best known for the novel and screenplay Cool Hand Luke .
Davalos appeared in East of Eden (1955) as James Dean's brother Aron [3] and portrayed the convict Blind Dick in Cool Hand Luke (1967). His other film credits include roles in I Died a Thousand Times (1955); All the Young Men (1960); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Pit Stop (1969); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Brother, Cry for Me (1970); Hot Stuff (1979); Death Hunt (1981); Something Wicked This Way ...
Cool Hand Luke may refer to: Cool Hand Luke, a 1965 prison drama novel by Donn Pearce; Cool Hand Luke, a 1967 American film by Warner Bros., based on the Donn Pearce novel Cool Hand Luke, a soundtrack album for the 1967 film; Cool Hand Luke (band), a Nashville-based Christian band; Luke Humphries, darts player nicknamed Cool Hand Luke