The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

It's survival of the fiercest and funniest

6.7(305 votes)
1974
2h 1m
Comedy
Drama
Crime

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.

Production

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Paul Crewe

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Warden Hazen

Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter

Captain Knauer

Michael Conrad

Michael Conrad

Nate Scarboro

James Hampton

James Hampton

Caretaker

Harry Caesar

Harry Caesar

Granville

John Steadman

John Steadman

Pop

Charles Tyner

Charles Tyner

Unger

Mike Henry

Mike Henry

Rassmeusen

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel

Samson

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