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The Longest Yard

1974 • 2h1m Comedy, Drama, Crime

Rating

6.7/10

Popularity

3

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.

Details

Director

Robert Aldrich

Screenplay

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Cast

Burt Reynolds

Eddie Albert

Ed Lauter

Release date

8/21/1974

Status

Released

Budget

$2,900,000

Revenue

$43,008,075

Origin country

US

Vote count

307