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 ...

Famously, actor Paul Newman once joked that the epitaph on his tombstone would read: “Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.” That wasn’t something that actually ...

Fifty years ago today, Paul Newman introduced moviegoers to Lucas Jackson, a rebellious man who becomes a hero to his fellow prison camp members for his apparent fearlessness in Cool Hand Luke. Over ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television and film director Stuart Rosenberg, whose best-known movies include the prison drama "Cool Hand Luke" and hit chiller "The Amityville Horror," has died of a heart ...

Lalo Schifrin, the legendary composer who penned the instantly recognizable Mission: Impossible theme and did scores for more than 100 other films and TV shows ranging from The Cincinnati Kid, Cool ...