Hal Dresner

Hal Dresner

Date of Birth: June 04, 1937
Date of Passing: March 17, 2023
Obituary: Deadline

Hal Dresner was an American screenwriter who worked on such films as The Eiger Sanction, Zorro, The Gay Blade, and Sssssss.

He is credited with writing the line, "What we have here is a failure to communicate" for the film Cool Hand Luke

Hal Dresner was an American screenwriter who worked on such films as The Eiger Sanction, Zorro, The Gay Blade, and Sssssss.

He is credited with writing the line, "What we have here is a failure to communicate" for the film Cool Hand Luke

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