The Longest Yard (1974)
It's survival of the fiercest and funniest
121 min
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.
- Release date
- April 10, 1975
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,900,000
- Box office
- $43,008,075
Trailer
Cast
- Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe
- Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen
- Ed Lauter as Captain Knauer
- Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro
- James Hampton as Caretaker
- Harry Caesar as Granville
- John Steadman as Pop
- Charles Tyner as Unger
- Mike Henry as Rassmeusen
- Jim Nicholson as Ice Man
Crew
- Robert Aldrich · Director
- Tracy Keenan Wynn · Writer
- Albert S. Ruddy · Writer
- Albert S. Ruddy · Producer
- Frank De Vol · Composer
- Joseph F. Biroc · Cinematographer
- Michael Luciano · Editor
- Joyce Selznick · Casting director
- Steven R. Stevens · Casting director
- James Dowell Vance · Production designer