Hal Dresner

{{Short description|American screenwriter (1937–2023)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|06|04}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|03|17|1937|06|04}}

| death_place = Ashland, Oregon, U.S.

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| occupation = Screenwriter

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Hal Dresner (June 4, 1937 – March 17, 2023) was an American screenwriter. He 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. He died of cancer in Ashland, Oregon, on March 17, 2023, at the age of 85.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/hal-dresner-dead-writer-for-cool-hand-luke-and-zorro-the-gay-blade-was-85-1235303769/|title=Hal Dresner Dies: Writer For 'Cool Hand Luke' And 'Zorro The Gay Blade' Was 85|author=Bruce Haring|website=Deadline|date=March 17, 2023|access-date=March 18, 2023}}