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Donn Pearce (September 28, 1928 – July 25, 2017) was an American author and journalist best known for the novel and screenplay Cool Hand Luke.
Donn Pearce. Writer: Cool Hand Luke. It's been said that if Donn Pearce is remembered at all, it won't be for having written "Cool Hand Luke," his acclaimed but little-read novel about his life as a convict on a southern chain gang, but for the classic movie based on it.
Out of his experiences working on a chain gang, Donn Pearce created Cool Hand Luke, the larger-than-life war hero—Good Guy Number One—turned drunkard, vandal, and convict. A blasphemer and "pretty evil feller" who "could work the hardest, eat the mostest, and tell the biggest lies."
Feb 27, 2005 · Donn Pearce is a former convict, sailor, and writer who created the iconic character of Cool Hand Luke. He also spent 30 years in the dim and gritty world of South Florida bail bonds, where he tracked down and put back in jail the criminals he bailed out.
Dec 31, 2020 · Donn Pearce was a former prisoner who wrote a novel based on his experiences and a legend named Luke Jackson. The novel was turned into a movie starring Paul Newman as a rebellious inmate in a Florida prison farm.
Oct 1, 2005 · Donn Pearce was a counterfeiter and a convict. He was a merchant marine and a safecracker. He was these things before he turned twenty, and then he wrote Cool Hand Luke, was...
Donn Pearce is an American author best known for the novel and screen play Cool Hand Luke. Born Donald Mills Pearce in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pearce left home at 15. He attempted to join the United States Merchant Marine at 16, but was turned away due to his age.
