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