The Longest Yard
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.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Burt Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Ed Lauter
Captain Knauer
Michael Conrad
Nate Scarboro
James Hampton
Caretaker
Harry Caesar
Granville
John Steadman
Pop
Charles Tyner
Unger
Mike Henry
Rassmeusen
Jim Nicholson
Ice Man
Bernadette Peters
Miss Toot
Pervis Atkins
Mawabe
Tony Cacciotti
Rotka
Anitra Ford
Melissa
Richard Kiel
Samson
Tony Reese
Levitt
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Release
1974
Runtime
121 min
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