

01/11/1967
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.

Paul Newman
as Luke Jackson

George Kennedy
as Dragline

Luke Askew
as Boss Paul

Morgan Woodward
as Boss Godfrey

Harry Dean Stanton
as Tramp

Dennis Hopper
as Babalugats

Lou Antonio
as Koko

Robert Drivas
as Loudmouth Steve

Strother Martin
as Captain

Jo Van Fleet
as Arletta

Clifton James
as Carr

Marc Cavell
as Rabbitt

Richard Davalos
as Blind Dick

Robert Donner
as Boss Shorty

J.D. Cannon
as Society Red

Joe Don Baker
as Fixer

James Gammon
as Sleepy

Wayne Rogers
as Gambler

Ralph Waite
as Alibi

Chuck Hicks
as Chief

Rance Howard
as Sheriff

James Jeter
as Wickerman

Buck Kartalian
as Dynamite

Anthony Zerbe
as Dog Boy

Warren Finnerty
as Tattoo

John McLiam
as Boss Keen

Charles Tyner
as Boss Higgins

Joy Harmon
as The Girl

Kim Kahana
as Convict (uncredited)

Donn Pearce
as Sailor (uncredited)

John Pearce
as John (uncredited)

Rush Williams
as Patrolman (uncredited)
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