77%User score 77 percent
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Drama · Crime
User Score
524 votes
One man against a cruel system.
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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John Chard
June 28, 2014
Corruption and Murder told with cathartic style. It's odd that whenever talk of Prison base films crops up you rarely see Brubaker mentioned as a viable piece of work, which to me personally is a damn shame because it's origin source provides a worthy story to be involved in. Based on the writings of Tom Murton, a Prison Farm Reform Warden in Arkansas in the late 60s, the corruption and murder the film deals with is…
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June 27, 2022
One of the top 3 prison based movie ever made but highly underrated, sometimes I feel really so sad when see that there are many many top class movies from 80"s & 90"s are very underrated while they need or deserve a really very high attention and fame too,and this one "Brubaker" is one of them.
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Wuchak
May 31, 2023
**_A maverick prison warden uncovers corruption and tries to make positive changes_** In 1967-1968, a state penal farm in Arkansas gets a new warden (Robert Redford) who discovers condoned sexual abuse, severe beatings, electrical torture and extortion by inmates with guns who work as "trusty" guards (to save money otherwise spent on salaried guards). Then there’s the lousy quality and meager amount of sustenance for…
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