REELS

Date: 08/13/2025 

Title: Cool Hand Luke 

Actors: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Jo Van Fleet, Lou Antonio 

Studio: Warner Bros. 

Director: Stuart Rosenberg 

Rating: TV-214 

Runtime: 126 Minutes 

Year: 1967 

Description: Academy Award winner Paul Newman stars with George Kennedy in this story of a man who will not surrender to authority--even at the cost of his life. When Luke Jackson (Newman) is sentenced to a Southern prison for a minor infraction, his intelligence, calm under pressure and inability to accept defeat soon gain him the respect of his fellow inmates on the chain gang--and the nickname Cool Hand Luke. But they also earn Luke the enmity of the warden, who cannot allow any inmate to challenge his authority. When Luke's mother dies, he decides to escape ... and he will not allow anyone to stop him.