The Longest Yard (1974)

21/08/1974Comedy, Drama, Crime2h 1m

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.

Robert Aldrich

Director

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Screenplay

Reviews

John Chard

A review by John Chard

9
Written by John Chard on September 9, 2018

Football and prison is a recipe for brutal mirth. Disgraced former pro football quarterback Paul Crewe is sent to prison after a drunken night to remember. The prison is run by Warden Hazen, a football nut who spies an opportunity to utilise Crewe...

CinemaSerf

A review by CinemaSerf

7
Written by CinemaSerf on November 25, 2024

On the face of it, the warden "Eddie Albert" maybe wasn't having his brightest idea when he decides that his prisoners should play a game of American football against his guards, but when a former pro is sent down for eighteen months after an alterca...

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