The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard
Release: 1974-08-21
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Drama
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
J. Don Ferguson
as Football Referee (uncredited)
Lance Fuller
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Michael Conrad
as Nate Scarboro
James Hampton
as Caretaker
Tony Cacciotti
as Rotka
Dino Washington
as Mason
Alfie Wise
as Trooper II
Robert Tessier
as Shokner
Bernadette Peters
as Miss Toot
Ed Lauter
as Captain Knauer
Mike Henry
as Rassmeusen
Richard Kiel
as Samson
Anitra Ford
as Melissa
Malcolm Atterbury
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
as Warden Hazen
Charles Tyner
as Unger
Michael Fox
as Announcer
Sonny Shroyer
as Tannen
Burt Reynolds
as Paul Crewe
John Steadman
as Pop
Chuck Hayward
as Trooper I
George A. Jones
as Big George
Joe Kapp
as Walking Boss
Ray Nitschke
as Bogdanski
Jack Rockwell
as Trainer
Pervis Atkins
as Mawabe
Harry Caesar
as Granville
Crew
Albert S. Ruddy
Producer, Story
Robert Aldrich
Director
Michael Luciano
Editor
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Hal Needham
Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
Gary McLarty
Stunts
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
Gordon Daniel
Sound Editor
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Louie Elias
Stunts