《》Storyline
Luke""s iron will earns the grudging respect of Dragline and other convicts.He also proves himself a hero and endears himself o the inmates during a poker game.With a winning hand of ""nothin"", easy-going, stone-faced Luke successfully bluffs his opponent.After winning the pot, Luke is anointed with his prison name:Dragline (laughing): Nothin"".A handful of nothin"".(To the losing, card-playing convict) You stupid mullet-head.He [Luke] beat you with nothin"".Just like today when he kept comin"" back at me - with nothin"".Luke: Yeah, well, sometimes nothin"" can be a real Cool Hand.[Luke""s dependence on "nothin""" and the many parallels between Luke and Jesus Christ recall the Biblical reference in Luke 1:37: "For with God, nothing shall be impossible.Seeing Annabella""s ghostly image (super-imposed) and feeling ashamed that he hadn""t believed her, he remembers her words of warning to him:What you are laughing at just now is true.He switches on a two-way TV screen with on-line audio and video transmission (when practical TV was only a dream) where he can view all parts of the plant operation.Barely visible were two other unrefined, rough-looking men claiming to have been sent by Letty""s cousin Beverly to pick her up - they were two neighbors:Lige Hightower (Lars Hanson) - younger cowhandSourdough (William Orlamond) - older, balding sidekickWhile holding up a lantern next to his buckboard, Lige introduced the two of them: "I""m Beverly""s nearest neighbor, Lige Hightower - he asked me to get you -.To his surprise, the hairy, rough-looking thug handed back the measly $1 dollar bill, and then started digging through he garbage, where he found a lost wallet with a large amount of cash inside.