The Longest Yard poster
Director Robert Aldrich
Screenplay Tracy Keenan Wynn

The Longest Yard

Tagline: It's survival of the fiercest and funniest

Release Date: 1974-08-21

Duration: 121 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Burt Reynolds
    Paul Crewe
  • Ed Lauter
    Captain Knauer
  • Richard Kiel
    Samson
  • Bernadette Peters
    Miss Toot
  • James Hampton
    Caretaker
  • Michael Fox
    Announcer
  • Malcolm Atterbury
    Bit Part (uncredited)
  • Eddie Albert
    Warden Hazen
  • Mike Henry
    Rassmeusen
  • Michael Conrad
    Nate Scarboro