Review of Cool Hand Luke (1967) by Dean W — 18 Jan 2014

Newman is awesome, but Kennedy steals the show.

This review of Cool Hand Luke (1967) was written by Dean W on 18 Jan 2014.

Cool Hand Luke has generally received very positive reviews.

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