Der Unbeugsame
(1967)
Regisseur:
Stuart RosenbergSchauspieler:
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew, Morgan Woodward, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Clifton James, Marc Cavell, Richard Davalos, Robert Donner, J. D. Cannon, Joe Don BakerWegen Randalierens wird der introvertierte Luke Jackson zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt, die er in einem Knast im Süden der Vereinigten Staaten verbüßen muss. Zwei Ausbruchversuche schlagen fehl. Dafür gewinnt Luke den Respekt der Insassen. Grund genug für den Direktor der Anstalt, Lukes Willen mit allen Mitteln zu brechen.
Regisseur Stuart Rosenberg nahm sich in seinem Kinodebüt mit "Cool Hand Luke" eines Romans an, in dem der Ex-Sträfling Donn Pearce seine Erfahrungen mit dem amerikanischen Rechtssystem beschrieb.
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.
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.