Cool Hand Luke

Stuart Rosenberg

19672h 7mEnglish
Accolades
1Oscar
Win
2Golden Globe
Nominations
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Synopsis

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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DramaCrime

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Awards Dominance

1

Wins

6

Nominations

Won

  • Actor in a Supporting Role · George Kennedy
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1968

Academy Awards

1Wins
4Noms
◆ Won

Actor in a Supporting Role

George Kennedy

1968
Nom

Actor

Paul Newman

1968
Nom

Music (Original Music Score)

Lalo Schifrin

1968
Nom

Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson

1968

1968

Golden Globes

0Wins
2Noms
Nom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Paul Newman

1968
Nom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

George Kennedy

1968

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