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68% Critic Match
The Longest Yard
“It's survival of the fiercest and funniest”
6.8 / 10• 1974• 2h 1m•R• English
ComedyDramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Burt Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Lead
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Ed Lauter
Captain Knauer
Michael Conrad
Nate Scarboro
James Hampton
Caretaker
Harry Caesar
Granville
John Steadman
Pop
Charles Tyner
Unger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Aldrich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Longest Yard is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
