The Longest Yard Movie Review 1974

A one-time pro football quarterback, now an inmate, organizes his fellow convicts into a football team to play against the prison guards. Of course, he's being pressured by the evil warden to throw the game. One of the all-time classic football movies. Filmed on location at Georgia State Prison.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 121 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Men in Prison, Football, Sports Comedies

Screenplay

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Cast

Sonny Shroyer, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Anitra Ford, Michael Fox, Joe Kapp, Pepper Martin, Robert Tessier, Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Bernadette Peters, Ed Lauter, Richard Kiel

Cinematography

Joseph Biroc

Director

Robert Aldrich

Music

Frank DeVol

Other

Frank Capacchione, Michael Luciano

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Golden Globes 1975: Film--Mus./Comedy.