The Longest Yard (1974)
- Starring:
- Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Aldrich
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Comedy
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Ex-football star Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) ends up in a prison run by sadistic sports-nut Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert). Strong-armed into forming an inmate football team, Crewe manages to instill an esprit de corps previously lacking in the prisoners' lives. Besides, they now have the chance to beat the guards' football team, headed by the hissable Capt. Knauer (Ed Lauter). Hazen orders Crewe to throw the match; otherwise, Crewe will never get the pardon he's been promised. The football game that follows consumes nearly a third of the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 121 mins
Complete Cast:
- Burt Reynolds - Paul Crewe
- Pervis Atkins - Mawabe
- Dino Washington - Mason
- Ed Lauter - Capt. Knauer
- Michael Conrad - Nate Scarboro
- Ray Ogden - Schmidt
- Robert Tessier - Shokner
- Sonny Sixkiller - The Indian
- George Jones - Big George
- Chuck Hayward - Trooper I
- Tony Reese - Levitt
- Michael D. Ford - Announcer
- Joe Jackson - Little Joe
- Tony Cacciotti - Rotka
- James Hampton - Caretaker
- Charles Tyner - Unger
- Mike Henry - Rassmeusen
- Eddie Albert - Warden Hazen
- Alfie Wise - Trooper
- Jack Rockwell - Trainer
- Richard Kiel - Samson
- J. Don Ferguson - Referee
- Harry Caesar - Granville
- Sonny Shroyer - Tannen
- Mort Marshall - Assistant Warden
- Bernadette Peters - Warden's Secretary
- Anitra Ford - Melissa
- John Steadman - Pop
- Ernie Wheelwright - Spooner
- Ray Nitschke - Guard Bogdanski
- Joseph Dorsey - Bartender
- Pepper Martin - Shop Steward
- Joe Kapp - Walking Boss
- Director(s):
- Robert Aldrich
- Writer(s):
- Tracy Keenan Wynn
- Producer(s):
- Albert S. Ruddy
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Adult Language, Violence)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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- 1974 - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1974 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy







