But when the Captain (Strother Martin), the prison camp warden in Cool Hand Luke, tosses it at you, it’s not trying to put a comically sophisticated spin on a chaotic situation. In fact, anything but ...

TAMAQUA – In the popular 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke,” Paul Newman’s title character earns respect from fellow prisoners for his tenacity. In Tamaqua these days, athletes are following the lead of ...

I wanted to get post-debate commentary the minute I woke up. I turned on the computer and learned first that Paul Newman died. This interrupted my news feed and made me think. Paul Newman was a true ...

Paul Newman cemented his statue as a Hollywood legend playing Luke Jackson, a Florida prison camp inmate who refuses to be broken, in Cool Hand Luke. In this pivotal scene from the Oscar winning 1967 ...

No failure to communicate here – Cool Hand Luke is one of the sharpest prison dramas ever, although it’s graced with some very humorous portions as well. It can also be seen as a quintessentially ...