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The Longest Yard

Release Date:August 21, 1974

Running Time:121 min

Genres:Drama, Comedy, Crime

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Cast

Burt Reynolds Eddie Albert Ed Lauter Michael Conrad James Hampton Harry Caesar John Steadman Charles Tyner Mike Henry Richard Kiel Pervis Atkins Bernadette Peters

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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