The Longest Yard

Aug 21, 1974

2h 1m

★ 6.7

It's survival of the fiercest and funniest

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The Longest Yard Trailers

Cast

Paul Crewe

Burt Reynolds

Warden Hazen

Eddie Albert

Captain Knauer

Ed Lauter

Nate Scarboro

Michael Conrad

Caretaker

James Hampton

Granville

Harry Caesar

Pop

John Steadman

Unger

Charles Tyner

Rassmeusen

Mike Henry

Samson

Richard Kiel

Mawabe

Pervis Atkins

Miss Toot

Bernadette Peters

Futuristic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie "Rollerball," revolves around a turn-of-the-millennium family on the Great Eve (the night before the year 2000 begins) planning for a reunion. Son Richard Beymer is an inventor working with prosthetic devices to help young athlete brother Drake Hogestyn perfect his game of combat hockey to maintain his skills as a national hero, and Cristina Raines is a socially conscious doctor who wants nothing to do with their prideful father, Bert Remsen, to the distress of their loving mother, Priscilla Pointer.

7.8

Wasteman

Feb 20, 2026

Taylor's hopes for a fresh start post-parole are jeopardised by cellmate Dee's arrival. As Dee takes Taylor under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond, forcing Taylor to choose between protecting Dee and his own chances at freedom.

7.1

The Wall

Feb 1, 1983

Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers aged 13 to 19 living behind the bars under diabolical treatments. These teenagers get barbaric corporal punishments, injurious harrows, tortures and sexual abuses just for taking the responsibility of their destiny on a wrong turn.

5.5

3 Strikes

Mar 1, 2000

Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, they are pulled over, and his friend shoots at police officers, and Hooks escapes. Now Hooks, a wanted man, must clear his name of having nothing to do with the shooting.

7.3

New Girl

Apr 7, 1969

A talented athlete joins the USSR gymnastics team.

6.4

Fever Pitch

Apr 4, 1997

A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.

7.1

Brubaker

Jun 20, 1980

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

7.4

Ray

Oct 29, 2004

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

6.9

Salvador (Puig Antich)

May 23, 2006

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.

5.0

Tövbekar

Apr 3, 1977

A man famous for his toughness cuts himself off from everything after being released from prison. But his past never leaves him alone. His enemies from his past life, the people he has harmed in some way, never leave him alone. His young son Sezercik does everything he can to save his father from these men. He takes on a task that is too big for him.

7.1

Ariel

Oct 21, 1988

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

6.0

Lure of the Wilderness

Jul 16, 1952

A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog.

7.5

Malcolm X

Nov 18, 1992

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

7.2

The Fortune Cookie

Oct 19, 1966

TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.

7.2

The Edge of Heaven

Sep 27, 2007

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

5.7

The Real McCoy

Sep 10, 1993

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately, between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex, she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.

5.7

Lucky You

May 1, 2007

A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.

0.0

İki Kızgın Adam

Apr 1, 1976

Murat, the son of a police officer, grows up with the support of Commissioner Kemal after his father's death. Years later, Murat, now a mafia boss, and Kemal's paths cross again. Kemal is constantly conducting operations to put an end to the mafia's activities. The mafia believes that the solution is to kill Kemal. However, Kemal is Murat's childhood friend. This causes a split within the mafia. Murat is forced to protect Kemal from the mafia. Kemal, on the other hand, finds himself torn between doing his job and protecting a criminal.