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Where was Cool Hand Luke filmed?

1967 film, directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

  • California

The story is set in Florida, about 2,300 miles (3,701 km) from where it was filmed.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Florida
Filmed in
California
Distance
About 2,300 miles (3,701 km) between Florida and the nearest filming location.

About Cool Hand Luke

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Released
1967
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Cast
Paul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinRobert DrivasDennis HopperLuke AskewMorgan WoodwardJ. D. CannonHarry Dean StantonRalph Waite
Genre
DramaPrison
Based on
Cool Hand Luke
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The story

In early 1950s Florida, decorated World War II veteran Lucas "Luke" Jackson drunkenly beheads several parking meters.

Eventually, Dragline stops the fight, but Luke's tenacity earns the prisoners' respect and draws the guards' attention.

The prisoners start to idolize him after he wins a bet that he can eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in an hour.

Famous lines from Cool Hand Luke

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • .. the box.Luke
  • A Lucas Jackson.Luke
  • Somebody say somethin'?Dragline
  • Well, whatta we got here?Dragline
  • Oh man, oh man, I'm dyin'.Convict

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