Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Quotations

Strother Martin to Paul Newman:

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:Now what we have here is ... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week. Which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it anymore than you men.

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This quote is used in the opening to the Guns N' Roses song Civil War. Part of the previous quote also made it onto the American Film Institute's list of most memorable movie lines.

Related Topics:
Guns N' Roses - American Film Institute - List

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Another quote during a punishment scene is

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:Luke, what's all this dirt doing in my ditch?

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In the scene there was no ditch, and Luke was forced to dig one.

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