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Title: The Longest Yard

Release Date: 21 Aug 1974

Runtime: 2h 1m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.728 (292 votes)

Cast

  • Paul Crewe: Burt Reynolds
  • Warden Hazen: Eddie Albert
  • Captain Knauer: Ed Lauter
  • Nate Scarboro: Michael Conrad
  • Caretaker: James Hampton
  • Granville: Harry Caesar
  • Pop: John Steadman
  • Unger: Charles Tyner
  • Rassmeusen: Mike Henry
  • Ice Man: Jim Nicholson
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