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.
| Production | Carter DeHaven Jr. | Producer |
| Editing | Sam O'Steen | Editor |
| Production | Gordon Carroll | Producer |
| Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Art | Fred Price | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Larry Jost | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Donn Pearce | Screenplay |
| Directing | Stuart Rosenberg | Director |
| Writing | Frank Pierson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Donn Pearce | Novel |
| Art | Cary Odell | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Shoup | Costume Design |
| Directing | Hank Moonjean | Assistant Director |
| Crew | M. James Arnett | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hicks | Stunts |
| Sound | Dan Wallin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Burt Reilly | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Tommy Morgan | Additional Soundtrack |
| Lighting | Harry Sundby | Electrician |
| Camera | Jordan Cronenweth | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Barney Kessel | Additional Soundtrack |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig Binkley | Set Dressing Artist |
| Lighting | Michael A. Jones | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | Thomas Del Ruth | First Assistant Camera |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
