The Longest Yard poster

The Longest Yard( 1974)

TV-MAComedyDrama
67%
User
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It's survival of the fiercest and funniest

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Burt Reynolds

      Paul Crewe

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      Eddie Albert

      Warden Hazen

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      Ed Lauter

      Captain Knauer

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      Michael Conrad

      Nate Scarboro

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      James Hampton

      Caretaker

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      Harry Caesar

      Granville

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      John Steadman

      Pop

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      Charles Tyner

      Unger

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      Mike Henry

      Rassmeusen

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      Jim Nicholson

      Ice Man

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      Bernadette Peters

      Miss Toot

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      Pervis Atkins

      Mawabe

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      Tony Cacciotti

      Rotka

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      Anitra Ford

      Melissa

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      Richard Kiel

      Samson

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      Tony Reese

      Levitt

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      Michael Fox

      Announcer

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      Dino Washington

      Mason

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      George A. Jones

      Big George

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      Chuck Hayward

      Trooper I

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      Mort Marshall

      Assistant Warden

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      Joe Kapp

      Walking Boss

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      Pepper Martin

      Shop Steward

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      Ray Nitschke

      Bogdanski

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      Sonny Sixkiller

      The Indian

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      Robert Tessier

      Shokner

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      Ernie Wheelwright

      Spooner

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      Joe Dorsey

      Bartender

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      Gus Carlucci

      Team Doctor

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      Jack Rockwell

      Trainer

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      Sonny Shroyer

      Tannen

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      Ray Ogden

      Schmidt

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      Don Ferguson

      Referee

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      Alfie Wise

      Trooper II

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      Steve Wilder

      J.J.

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      Wilbur Gillian

      Big Wilbur

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      Wilson Warren

      Buttercup

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      Joe Jackson

      Little Joe

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      Howard Silverstein

      Howie

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      Donald Hixon

      Donny

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      Gerald Michael Atkins

      Con / Football player (uncredited)

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      Malcolm Atterbury

      Bit Part (uncredited)

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      J. Don Ferguson

      Football Referee (uncredited)

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      Lance Fuller

      Secondary Role (uncredited)

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      Harold Morris

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Bill Rampley

      Guard / Football Player (uncredited)

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      James Hooks Reynolds

      Con Football Player (uncredited)

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      Philip Wende

      Guard (uncredited)

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    9
    Written by John Chard on Sun Sep 09 2018
    Football and prison is a recipe for brutal mirth. Disgraced former pro football quarterback Paul Crewe is sent to prison after a drunken night to remember. The prison is run by Warden Hazen, a football nut who spies an opportunity to utilise Crewe's ability at the sport to enhance the prison guards' team skills. After initially declining to help, Crewe is swayed into putting together a team of convicts to take on the guards in a one off match, thieves, murderers and psychopaths collectively come together to literally, beat the guards, but Crewe also has his own personal demons to exorcise. ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2900000.00

    Revenue

    43000000.00

    Keywords

    • prison
    • sports
    • american football
    • georgia
    • quarterback
    • palm beach