Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because, as Dragline explains it, "You're an original, that's what you are!" Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks.

Stuart Rosenberg

Donn Pearce Frank Pierson Hal Dresner

Clifton James Dennis Hopper Donn Pearce Frank Pierson George Kennedy Hal Dresner Harry Dean Stanton J.D. Cannon Jo Van Fleet John McLiam Lou Antonio Luke Askew Marc Cavell Morgan Woodward Paul Newman Richard Davalos Robert Donner Robert Drivas Strother Martin Stuart Rosenberg Warren Finnerty Wayne Rogers