The Longest Yard
It's survival of the fiercest and funniest
6.7(326) 1974-08-21 121 minComedyDramaCrime
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.
DirectorRobert Aldrich
ScreenplayTracy Keenan Wynn
ProducerAlbert S. Ruddy
Original Music ComposerFrank De Vol
Cast & characters
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
Richard Kiel
as Samson
Pervis Atkins
as Mawabe
Bernadette Peters
as Miss Toot
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Jim Nicholson
as Ice Man
Tony Cacciotti
as Rotka
Anitra Ford
as Melissa
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Tony Reese
as Levitt
Michael Fox
as Announcer
Dino Washington
as Mason
George A. Jones
as Big George
Chuck Hayward
as Trooper I
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Mort Marshall
as Assistant Warden
Joe Kapp
as Walking Boss
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Pepper Martin
as Shop Steward
Ray Nitschke
as Bogdanski
