"I'll tell you what I can do: I can kill the first man who so much as whispers a word about giving up. The very first man, so help me, I'll blow his head off!"

"Harry, please don't understand me so fast."

"Once you begin you've got to be ready for killing and more killing, and then still more killing, until the reason for it is gone."

"Sorry, I'm not in the blessing business."

"There's no need to apologize. We weren't expecting flowers and speeches."

"Graveyards are full of boys who are very young and very proud."

"I've been offered a lot for my work, but never everything."

"He's a good gun, and we aren't going to a church social."

"It's only a matter of knowing how to shoot a gun. Nothing big about that."

"If he rides in with no idea of the reception we can prepare for him... I promise you, we'll all teach him something about the price of corn."

"Richard Davalos - Blind Dick"

"Marc Cavell - Rabbitt"

"Robert Drivas - Loudmouth Steve"

"Lou Antonio - Koko"

"Andre Trottier - Boss Popler"

"John McLiam - Boss Kean"

"Joy Harmon - The Girl (Lucille)"

"Robert Donner - Boss Shorty"

"Luke Askew - Boss Paul"

"Morgan Woodward - Boss Godfrey"

"Clifton James - Carr"

"Jo Van Fleet - Arletta"

"Strother Martin - Captain"

"J.D. Cannon - Society Red"

"George Kennedy - Dragline"

"Paul Newman - Lucas "Luke" Jackson"

"He was a cool customer. . .until the law made it hot for him!"

"What we have here is 'failure to communicate'."

"On The Chain-Gang They'd Seen Every Kind Of Man - But Luke Became A Legend"

"The man...and the motion picture that simply do not conform."

"We got a couple men here doing 20 spots. We got one that's got all of it. We got all kinds, and you gonna fit in real good. Of course, unless you get rabbit in your blood and you decide to take off for home. You give the bonus system time and a set of leg chains to keep you slowed down just a little bit, for your own good. You'll learn the rules. Now, it's all up to you. Now I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean son-of-a-bitch. It's all up to you."

"That's my darlin' Luke. He grin like a baby, but he bites like a 'gator."

"Oh come on! Stop beatin' it! Get out there yourself! Stop feedin' off me! Get out of here! I can't breathe! Give me some air!"

"You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice, you got yourself two sets. You ain't gonna need no third set 'cause you're gonna get your mind right. And I mean RIGHT. [To the other inmates] Take a good look at Luke. Cool Hand Luke?"

"Joe Don Baker - Fixer"

"Buck Kartalian - Dynamite"

"Anthony Zerbe - Dog Boy"

"Ralph Waite - Alibi"

"Harry Dean Stanton - Tramp"

"Wayne Rogers - Gambler"

"Dennis Hopper - Babalugats"

"Warren Finnerty - Tattoo"

"I want Tom Chaney hanged for killing my father! It's little to me how many dogs and senators he's killed in Texas."

"I also notice that the men of Texas gouge their mounts with great brutal spurs and cultivate their hair like lettuce!"

"If in four months I could not find Tom Chaney, with a mark on his face like banished Cain, I would not advise others how to do so."

"If I smelled as bad as you I wouldn't live near people."

"A Brand New Brand Of American Frontier Story"