Cool Hand Luke followed America’s escalated involvement in the Vietnam War, found itself at the climax of the American Civil Rights Movement, and wasn’t but a few years removed from the ...

This aside, Cool Hand Luke is a film that holds up remarkably well after four decades, presenting a well-told, involving story brought to life by some fine directing and superb performances by an ...

‘Cool Hand Luke’ On the surface, “Cool Hand Luke” follows a petty criminal named Luke (Paul Newman), who is sentenced to do hard time on a chain gang in the Deep South of the 1950s.

Cool Hand Luke, likewise, dreams of the day when he plays to a big crowd, preferably "a gumbo crowd" that shares his diverse tastes, and his desire for rap with some substance.

Stuart Rosenberg, the Emmy-winning director of dozens of television series and several notable movies, including "Cool Hand Luke," died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills.

His biggest acting achievement came in "Cool Hand Luke," a 1967 film about a rebellious war hero played by Paul Newman who is bent on bucking the system as a prisoner on a Southern chain gang. Its ...

Morgan Woodward, the silent, menacing mirrored-glasses boss dubbed "The Man with No Eyes" in 'Cool Hand Luke,' has died at age 93. By Rhett Bartlett Morgan Woodward, the silent, menacing mirrored ...

Godlight’s latest, “Cool Hand Luke,” is based on Donn Pearce’s 1965 novel rather than the ’67 movie starring Paul Newman as the title’s heroic inmate — meaning we don’t get the ...

Marc Warren stars in Cool Hand Luke , a new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce's 1965 novel of the same name, which officially opened Oct. 3 at the West End's Aldwych Theatre, following previews that ...

Cool Hand Luke was based on the book of the same name, written in 1965 by Donn Pearce. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Donn Pearce wrote the book based on his own firsthand experience as a part of a ...

But for some reason, Cool Hand Luke had never made it out of the box. Shame on me for taking so long, because the film is, as I suspect many reading already know, a brilliant piece of work.