Impossible theme and did scores for more than 100 other films and TV shows ranging from The Cincinnati Kid, Cool Hand Luke ...

Cool Hand Luke was based on the book of the same name, written in 1965 by Donn Pearce. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Donn Pearce wrote the book based on his own firsthand experience as a part of a ...

He wrote about him in his book Cool Hand Luke, which was published in 1965. Pearce sold the movie rights to Warner Bros. for $80,000, and got an additional $15,000 to write the screenplay.

In one scene from Cool Hand Luke, George Kennedy's Dragline character has beaten Luke to a pulp in the chain gang's fighting circle, bloodying his face and repeatedly knocking him to the dusty ...