Luke Jackson heeft een probleem met het gezag en wordt na het vernielen van parkeermeters veroordeeld tot twee jaar dwangarbeid. Zijn taak bestaat erin onkruid te wieden en greppels te graven onder een brandende zon.
Nee, helaas is Cool Hand Luke nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Stuart Rosenberg | Director |
| Writing | Donn Pearce | Novel |
| Writing | Frank Pierson | Screenplay |
| Production | Gordon Carroll | Producer |
| Production | Carter DeHaven Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sam O'Steen | Editor |
| Art | Cary Odell | Art Direction |
| Art | Fred Price | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Shoup | Costume Design |
| Sound | Larry Jost | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Donn Pearce | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Burt Reilly | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Hank Moonjean | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Dan Wallin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig Binkley | Set Dressing Artist |
| Crew | M. James Arnett | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hicks | Stunts |
| Camera | Jordan Cronenweth | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Thomas Del Ruth | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Michael A. Jones | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | Harry Sundby | Electrician |
| Sound | Barney Kessel | Additional Soundtrack |
| Sound | Tommy Morgan | Additional Soundtrack |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
