Paul newman gives his usual great performance as a member of a chain gang. This has many iconic scenes like the scene with the 50 eggs and the often imitated car wash scene or the famous line... what we've got here is a failure to communicate. George kennedy deserves his oscar as lukes friend in the prison dragline. A definate for any collector

Possibly Paul Newman's finest hour, but this is by no means a one-man show with great support from George Kennedy in a career-best performance, and a host of other faces that will have you saying 'isn't that ... ?' So many classic scenes, and some now not-so-subtle religious references. This is a great film. If you don't buy it then we really have had a failure to communicate.