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The Longest Yard

"It's survival of the fiercest and funniest"

1974-08-21 Comedy 2hr 1m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    1974-08-21
  • Revenue
    $43,000,000
  • Budget
    $2,900,000
  • Runtime
    2hr 1m
  • Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.1
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures

Crew

Robert Aldrich
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Albert S. Ruddy
Producer
Keywords:
prison sports american football georgia quarterback palm beach

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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
Jim Nicholson

Jim Nicholson
Ice Man
Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters
Miss Toot
Pervis Atkins

Pervis Atkins
Mawabe
Tony Cacciotti

Tony Cacciotti
Rotka
Anitra Ford

Anitra Ford
Melissa
Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel
Samson
Tony Reese

Tony Reese
Levitt
Michael Fox

Michael Fox
Announcer
Dino Washington

Dino Washington
Mason
George A. Jones

George A. Jones
Big George
Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward
Trooper I
Mort Marshall

Mort Marshall
Assistant Warden
Joe Kapp

Joe Kapp
Walking Boss
Pepper Martin

Pepper Martin
Shop Steward
Ray Nitschke

Ray Nitschke
Bogdanski
Sonny Sixkiller

Sonny Sixkiller
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Robert Tessier

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Ernie Wheelwright

Ernie Wheelwright
Spooner
Joe Dorsey

Joe Dorsey
Bartender
Gus Carlucci

Gus Carlucci
Team Doctor
Jack Rockwell

Jack Rockwell
Trainer
Sonny Shroyer

Sonny Shroyer
Tannen
Ray Ogden

Ray Ogden
Schmidt
Don Ferguson

Don Ferguson
Referee
Alfie Wise

Alfie Wise
Trooper II
Steve Wilder

Steve Wilder
J.J.
Wilbur Gillian

Wilbur Gillian
Big Wilbur
Wilson Warren

Wilson Warren
Buttercup
Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson
Little Joe
Howard Silverstein

Howard Silverstein
Howie
Donald Hixon

Donald Hixon
Donny
Gerald Michael Atkins

Gerald Michael Atkins
Con / Football player (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury
Bit Part (uncredited)
J. Don Ferguson

J. Don Ferguson
Football Referee (uncredited)
Lance Fuller

Lance Fuller
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Harold Morris

Harold Morris
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bill Rampley

Bill Rampley
Guard / Football Player (uncredited)
James Hooks Reynolds

James Hooks Reynolds
Con Football Player (uncredited)
Philip Wende

Philip Wende
Guard (uncredited)

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Movie Reviews

Reviews for The Longest Yard
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A Review by John Chard 9

Written by John Chard on 2018-09-09

Football and prison is a recipe for brutal mirth. Disgraced former pro football quarterback Paul Crewe is sent to prison after a drunken ... read more

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. This violent, but wonderfully funny film has many things going for it. Directed with style by the gifted hands of Robert Aldrich, The Longest Yard cheekily examines the harshness of gridiron and fuses it with the brutality of the penal system. The script from Tracy Keenan Wynn is a sharp as a tack and Aldrich's use of split screens and slow motion sequences bring it all together very nicely indeed. I would also like to comment on the editing from Michael Luciano, nominated for the Oscar in that department, it didn't win, but in my honest opinion it's one of the best edited pictures from the 70s. Taking the lead role of Crewe is Burt Reynolds, here he is at the peak of his powers (perhaps never better) and has star appeal positively bristling from every hair on his rugged chest. It's a great performance, believable in the action sequences (he was once a halfback for Florida), and crucially having the comic ability to make Wynn's script deliver the necessary mirth quota. What is of most interest to me is that Crewe is a less than honourable guy, the first 15 minutes of the film gives us all we need to know about his make up, but much like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest the following year, The Longest Yard has us rooting for the main protagonist entering the home straight, and that is something of a testament to Reynolds' charm and charisma. The film's crowning glory is the football game itself, taking up three parts of an hour, the highest compliment I can give it is to say that one doesn't need to be a fan of the sport to enjoy this final third. It's highly engaging as a comedy piece whilst also being octane inventive as an action junkie's series of events. A number of former gridiron stars fill out both sides of the teams to instill a high believability factor into the match itself, and the ending is a pure rewarding punch the air piece of cinema. 9/10

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-11-25

On the face of it, the warden "Eddie Albert" maybe wasn't having his brightest idea when he decides that his prisoners should play a game of... read more

On the face of it, the warden "Eddie Albert" maybe wasn't having his brightest idea when he decides that his prisoners should play a game of American football against his guards, but when a former pro is sent down for eighteen months after an altercation with a Citröen and the harbour, he has just the man to put together an opposing team. "Crewe" (Burt Reynolds) is offered preferential treatment for himself - and that might well mean early release, and for his team and so he and fellow inmate "Nate" (Michael Conrad) start recruiting. Obviously, there are no storage of volunteers but what starts off as a bit of glorified prank starts to mean something a little more to the team, and to "Crewe" himself as he must balance his selfish promises to the governor with the aspirations of a team that finally have some sense of purpose in their lives. With that conflict building as the game grows ever closer, just what will "Crewe" decide to do? It's all a little predictable on that last front, but Reynolds turns in quite a charismatic performance and Albert an equally dastardly one as the drama comedically illustrates the futility of imprisonment as a method of reintegrating folks into society. There's an entertaining mix of stereotypical inmates from which to choose from, and plenty of action towards the end giving us quite a sense of how perilous this ball game can be coupled with some entertaining shunts, bumps and black eyes.

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A Review by John Chard

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 uti...

reviewer avatar

A Review by John Chard 9

Written by John Chard on 2018-09-09

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 foot...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-11-25

On the face of it, the warden "Eddie Albert" maybe wasn't having his brightest idea when he decides that his prisoners should play a game of American football against his guards, but when a former pro...

read more