Released
The Longest Yard
August 21 1974 (over 50 years ago)Rating
67
Based on
291 reviews
It's survival of the fiercest and funniest
- Director: Robert Aldrich
- Writer: Tracy Keenan Wynn
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 1 m
- Budget: $2,900,000
- Box office: $43,000,000
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Paramount Pictures
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.
