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 ...

There he worked on a chain gang. Afterward, he wrote a fascinating novel based on his experiences called Cool Hand Luke. It became a movie starring Paul Newman. You couldn't tell from the film ...

Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle ... Bonnie and Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Magnum Force and Sudden Impact have been selected for hi ...

That time he spent in prison provided the material for Cool Hand Luke. Not only did Pearce work on a chain gang, but he also spent time in “the box,” an outhouse used for solitary confinement.

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 ...

Fifty years ago today, Paul Newman introduced moviegoers to Lucas Jackson, a rebellious man who becomes a hero to his fellow prison camp members for his apparent fearlessness in Cool Hand Luke.

unveiled director Stuart Rosenberg’s prison drama Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman ... and individual conflict on a southern chain gang, is the product of Jack Lemmon’s Jalem Productions ...

LOS ANGELES — George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic “Cool Hand Luke,” has died at age 91.

For his Treat, Helgeland plainly states that 1967’s Cool Hand Luke ranks among the best of Western civilization's artistic achievements. He argues Paul Newman’s portrayal of Lucas “Luke” Jackson, a ...

In one scene from Cool Hand Luke, George Kennedy's Dragline character has beaten Luke to a pulp in the chain gang's fighting circle, bloodying his face and repeatedly knocking him to the dusty ground.

Stuart Rosenberg, the Emmy-winning director of dozens of television series and several notable movies, including "Cool Hand Luke," died ... Paul Newman as a chain gang member and won four Academy ...