The Longest Yard

1974 Comedy Drama

Ex-football star Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) ends up in a prison run by sadistic sports-nut Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert). Strong-armed into forming an inmate football team, Crewe manages to instill an esprit de corps previously lacking in the prisoners' lives. Besides, they now have the chance to beat the guards' football team, headed by the hissable Capt. Knauer (Ed Lauter). Hazen orders Crewe to throw the match; otherwise, Crewe will never get the pardon he's been promised. The football game that follows consumes nearly a third of the picture.

Director: Robert Aldrich

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton

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Awards

  • Best Film Editing

    Academy Awards (1975)

     
  • Best Edited Feature Film

    American Cinema Editors (1975)

  • Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

    Golden Globes (1975)