
Overview
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.
Cast

Paul Newman
Luke Jackson

George Kennedy
Dragline

Luke Askew
Boss Paul

Morgan Woodward
Boss Godfrey

Harry Dean Stanton
Tramp

Dennis Hopper
Babalugats

Lou Antonio
Koko

Robert Drivas
Loudmouth Steve

Strother Martin
Captain

Jo Van Fleet
Arletta

Clifton James
Carr

Marc Cavell
Rabbitt