The Longest Yard
“It's survival of the fiercest and funniest”
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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Cast
48 people
Burt Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Known for
Boogie Nights
The Longest Yard
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Known for
Roman Holiday
Escape to Witch Mountain
Ed Lauter
Captain Knauer
Known for
The Number 23
The Artist
Michael Conrad
Nate Scarboro
Known for
Hill Street Blues
Un Flic
James Hampton
Caretaker
Known for
Teen Wolf
The China Syndrome
Harry Caesar
Granville
Known for
Bird on a Wire
From a Whisper to a Scream
John Steadman
Pop
Known for
The Hills Have Eyes
Family Plot
Charles Tyner
Unger
Known for
Harold and Maude
Pete's Dragon
Mike Henry
Rassmeusen
Known for
Smokey and the Bandit
Soylent Green
Richard Kiel
Samson
Known for
Tangled
The Spy Who Loved Me
Pervis Atkins
Mawabe
Also in
The Six Million Dollar Man
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Bernadette Peters
Miss Toot
Known for
The Odyssey
Animaniacs
Robert Aldrich Director · Tracy Keenan Wynn Screenplay Albert S. Ruddy Story
Worldwide gross $43M · Budget $2.9M · United States release August 21, 1974
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Budget
$2,900,000
Worldwide gross
$43,008,075
Gross vs. budget
14.8×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 21, 1974
Theatrical
Brazil
December 15, 2005 · Physical · Sony Home mj.gov.br
France
March 19, 1975 · Theatrical
Germany
December 12, 1974 · Theatrical
Greece
December 15, 1974 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 16, 1975 · Theatrical
Japan
May 17, 1975 · Theatrical
Spain
March 21, 1975 · Theatrical
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