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01/11/1967 Drama, Crime 2h 7m
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The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.

Overview

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.

  1. Stuart Rosenberg

    Director

  2. Hal Dresner

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Newman

    Luke Jackson

  2. George Kennedy

    Dragline

  3. Luke Askew

    Boss Paul

  4. Morgan Woodward

    Boss Godfrey

  5. Harry Dean Stanton

    Tramp

  6. Dennis Hopper

    Babalugats

  7. Lou Antonio

    Koko

  8. Robert Drivas

    Loudmouth Steve

  9. Strother Martin

    Captain

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-01-19
Oh Luke you wild beautiful thing!

Luke (Paul Newman) lands himself in a Deep South prison farm for drunkenly cutting the heads off of parking meters. Once at the farm Luke refuses to be ground down by the system and its grinning warden (a brilliant Strother Martin). As things role by Luke becomes something of a hero to his fellow inmates and this is not lost on the authority in charge of the farm. Things are sure to come to a head as Luke rebels to the point of no return...

Division of Corrections. Road Prison 36.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,200,000.00

Revenue
$16,217,773.00

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