Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke1967

Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: GP
Runtime: 126 minutes

Paul Newman gives one of the defining performances of his career, and cemented his place as a beautiful-rebel screen icon playing the stubbornly tough and independent title character in Cool Hand Luke. And before he became familiar as a sidekick in … more »



Captain:
You're gonna get used to wearin' them chains after a while, Luke, but you never stop listenin' to them clinkin'. 'Cause they're gonna remind you of what I've been sayin' - for your own good.

Luke:
Wish you'd stop bein' so good to me, Cap'n.

Captain:
[hits Luke with his blackjack, knocking him down] Don't you *ever* talk that way to me. Never! Never! What we've got here is...failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week - which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men. Note: bolded portion ranked #11 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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