The Longest Yard
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
Synopsis
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
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Cast
Directed by Peter Segal
Adam Sandler
Paul Crewe
Chris Rock
Caretaker
James Cromwell
Warden Hazen
Burt Reynolds
Coach Nate Scarborough
Nelly
Megget
William Fichtner
Captain Knauer
David Patrick Kelly
Unger
Tracy Morgan
Ms. Tucker
Cloris Leachman
Lynette
Michael Irvin
Deacon Moss
Bill Romanowski
Guard Lambert
Brian Bosworth
Guard Garner
Terry Crews
Cheeseburger Eddy
Nicholas Turturro
Brucie
Bill Goldberg
Battle
Kevin Nash
Guard Engleheart
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Release
2005
Runtime
113 min
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