The Longest Yard

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.

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Top 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

Charles Tyner

Unger

Mike Henry

Rassmeusen

Richard Kiel

Samson

Pervis Atkins

Mawabe

Bernadette Peters

Miss Toot

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Jim Nicholson

Ice Man

Tony Cacciotti

Rotka

Anitra Ford

Melissa

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Tony Reese

Levitt

Michael Fox

Announcer

Dino Washington

Mason

George A. Jones

Big George

Chuck Hayward

Trooper I

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