Review of Cool Hand Luke (1967) by Ben T — 29 Jan 2012

I love the movie and Paul Newman is always awesome!!!

This review of Cool Hand Luke (1967) was written by Ben T on 29 Jan 2012.

Cool Hand Luke has generally received very positive reviews.

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Classics should last in time. 2001: a space odyssey did, Dr. Strangelove did, and so on. Cool hand Luke from my point of view, did not…

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By Adam B (2,189) on 10 Jan 2017

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