The Longest Yard

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$43.0M

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.

🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director

Robert Aldrich

Cast

Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter

Released

30 August 1974

Runtime

2h 1m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.1 / 10

Votes

22,593

Metascore

61

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Box office

$43,008,075

Edition

Base