The Longest Yard (1974)
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
- Released
- 1974-08-21
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Crime
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Aldrich, Tracy Keenan Wynn
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 342 votes
Cast
- Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe
- Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen
- Ed Lauter as Captain Knauer
- Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro
- James Hampton as Caretaker
- Harry Caesar as Granville
- John Steadman as Pop
- Charles Tyner as Unger
- Mike Henry as Rassmeusen
- Richard Kiel as Samson
- Pervis Atkins as Mawabe
- Bernadette Peters as Miss Toot