The Longest Yard
1974/08/21 (US) | Comedy, Drama, Crime
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.
Robert Aldrich
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Burt Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Ed Lauter
Captain Knauer
Michael Conrad
Nate Scarboro
James Hampton
Caretaker
Harry Caesar
Granville
John Steadman
Pop
Budget
$ 2,900,000
Revenue
$ 43,008,075
Status
Released
Production Company
- Paramount Pictures
Crews
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
James Dowell Vance
Production Design
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Albert S. Ruddy
Producer
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Michael Luciano
Editor
Joyce Selznick
Casting