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
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
Richard Kiel
as Samson
Pervis Atkins
as Mawabe
Bernadette Peters
as Miss Toot
Tony Cacciotti
as Rotka
Anitra Ford
as Melissa
Michael Fox
as Announcer
Dino Washington
as Mason
George A. Jones
as Big George
Chuck Hayward
as Trooper I
Joe Kapp
as Walking Boss
Ray Nitschke
as Bogdanski
Robert Tessier
as Shokner
Jack Rockwell
as Trainer
Sonny Shroyer
as Tannen
Alfie Wise
as Trooper II
Malcolm Atterbury
as Bit Part (uncredited)
J. Don Ferguson
as Football Referee (uncredited)
Lance Fuller
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Crew
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Robert Aldrich
Director
Michael Luciano
Editor
Albert S. Ruddy
Producer
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
Albert S. Ruddy
Story
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Hal Needham
Second Unit Director
Gordon Daniel
Sound Editor
Hal Needham
Stunt Coordinator
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts
Louie Elias
Stunts
Gary McLarty
Stunts