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Cool Hand Luke
1967
· Movie
· 127 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #182
- IMDb #328
- Google retired #850
- Rotten Tomatoes #9
- Metacritic #98
- Letterboxd #299
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #13
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #89
- Metacritic Critics #137
- Metacritic Audience #200
- Criticker #183
- Douban #665
- Kinopoisk #945
- AlloCiné #997
- Trakt #500
Every rating
71–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 96, everyone else 82.
See the most agreed on films →A free-spirited war veteran is sentenced to a brutal Southern chain gang for a petty crime. His refusal to submit to the authority of the cruel prison wardens and his relentless escapes make him a rebel hero to his fellow inmates. His defiance and unbreakable spirit become a symbol of resistance against the oppressive system.
Details
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Writers
- Donn Pearce, Frank Pierson, Hal Dresner
- Based on
- Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce
- Released
- 1 November 1967
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.2M
- Box office
- $16.2M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 12 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1967 | Best Supporting Actor | George Kennedy | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1967 | Best Actor | Paul Newman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1967 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1967 | Best Original Music Score | Lalo Schifrin | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1967 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stuart Rosenberg | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Paul Newman | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | George Kennedy | Nominee |
| Laurel Awards 1967 | Top Drama | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | George Kennedy | Winner |
| Best Actor | Paul Newman | Nominee |
| Best Original Music Score | Lalo Schifrin | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Paul Newman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | George Kennedy | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stuart Rosenberg | Nominee |
Laurel Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Top Male Supporting Performance | George Kennedy | Winner |
| Top Drama | Nominee | |
| Top Male Dramatic Performance | Paul Newman | Nominee |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |