The Longest Yard (1974)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,900,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $43,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 15.559 |
Directed By
Robert Aldrich
Crew
Joseph F. Biroc
Robert Aldrich
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Raphael Bretton
Michael Luciano
Joyce Selznick
Albert S. Ruddy
Frank De Vol
James Dowell Vance
Albert S. Ruddy
Jim Foglesong
John Wilkinson
Chuck Hayward
Tom Ellingwood
Alan P. Horowitz
Steven R. Stevens
Clifford C. Coleman
Fred Faust
Guy Del Russo
James Fritch
Howard Beals
Hal Needham
Gordon Daniel
Ron Wright
Hal Needham
Glenn R. Wilder
Frank Orsatti
Pat Studstill
Louie Elias
James M. Halty
Mickey Caruso
Denny Arnold
Gary McLarty
Thol Simonson
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
Jim Nicholson
Ice Man
Bernadette Peters
Miss Toot
Pervis Atkins
Mawabe
Tony Cacciotti
Rotka
Anitra Ford
Melissa
Richard Kiel
Samson
Tony Reese
Levitt
Michael Fox
Announcer
Dino Washington
Mason
George A. Jones
Big George
Chuck Hayward
Trooper I
Mort Marshall
Assistant Warden
Joe Kapp
Walking Boss
Pepper Martin
Shop Steward
Ray Nitschke
Bogdanski
Sonny Sixkiller
The Indian
Robert Tessier
Shokner
Ernie Wheelwright
Spooner
Joe Dorsey
Bartender
Gus Carlucci
Team Doctor
Jack Rockwell
Trainer
Sonny Shroyer
Tannen
Ray Ogden
Schmidt
Don Ferguson
Referee
Alfie Wise
Trooper II
Steve Wilder
J.J.
Wilbur Gillian
Big Wilbur
Wilson Warren
Buttercup
Joe Jackson
Little Joe
Howard Silverstein
Howie
Donald Hixon
Donny
Gerald Michael Atkins
Con / Football player (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Bit Part (uncredited)
J. Don Ferguson
Football Referee (uncredited)
Lance Fuller
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Harold Morris
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bill Rampley
Guard / Football Player (uncredited)
James Hooks Reynolds
Con Football Player (uncredited)
Philip Wende
Guard (uncredited)
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