When Luke Jackson is arrested for vandalizing parking meters, he is sentenced to serve time in a prison. Although everyone in the prison tries to break his spirit, it soon becomes clear that Luke is not about to play by anyone else's rules.

• 2 hr 7 min
• Directed by

  Stuart Rosenberg
• Written by Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson

• Starring

  Paul Newman

  ,

  George Kennedy

  ,

  J.D. Cannon

  ,

  Lou Antonio

  ,

  Robert Drivas

  ,

  Strother Martin

  ,

  Jo Van Fleet

  ,

  Clifton James

  ,

  Morgan Woodward

  ,

  Luke Askew

  ,

  Marc Cavell

  ,

  Robert Donner

  ,

  Warren Finnerty

  ,

  John Mc Liam

  ,

  Wayne Rogers

  ,

  Charles Tyner

  ,

  Ralph Waite

  ,

  Anthony Zerbe

  ,

  Buck Kartalian

  ,

  Joy Harmon

  ,

  Joe Don Baker

  ,

  Chuck Hicks

  ,

  James Jeter

  ,

  Rance Howard

  ,

  James Gammon

  ,

  Harry Dean Stanton

  ,

  Dennis Hopper

  ,

  Dick Davalos