Cool Hand Luke (disambiguation)

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<i>Cool Hand Luke</i> 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg

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.

Guy Pearce English-born Australian actor

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George Kennedy American actor

George Harris Kennedy Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman 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 received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in Airport (1970).

Luke Haines English musician and songwriter

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Donn Pearce American writer

Donn Pearce was an American author and journalist best known for the novel and screenplay Cool Hand Luke.

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Stuart Rosenberg was an American film and television director whose motion pictures include Cool Hand Luke (1967), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979), and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). He was noted for his work with actor Paul Newman.

<i>Cool Hand Luke</i> (novel) novel by Donn Pearce

Cool Hand Luke is a novel by Donn Pearce published in 1965. It was adapted into a film of the same name. The story is told in a first-person narrative and is unusual in that although there is dialogue, and all quotes are indented paragraphs, they are not encased in quotation marks as in normal English-language literature. Many of the episodes found in the movie appear in the book as well, including the egg-eating contest, the "string" escape, and Boss Godfrey's shooting. The title character is prominent in the book, although the novel deals more with the day-to-day harsh life of the prisoners than the lead character.

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Cool Hand Luke (band) American band

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<i>The Great Bank Robbery</i> (1969 film) 1969 film by Hy Averback

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<i>Cool Hand Luke</i> (soundtrack) 1967 soundtrack album by Lalo Schifrin

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