Release Date: November 1st, 1967
DVD Release Date: June 25th, 1997
PG|2 hr 9 min
Plot Summary
When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), 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.
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Wayne Rogers
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Jalem Productions
Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Home Vídeo
