The Longest Yard (1974)

1974 · 121 min · Comedy, Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad and James Hampton.

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