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FILM DESCRIPTION: Ex-football star Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) ends up in a prison run by sadistic sports-nut Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert). Strong-armed into forming an inmate football team, Crewe...
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Jan 23, 2022 · The Longest Yard- Opening Scene. Film + TV Recapped. 6.96K subscribers.
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Burt Reynolds stars in this opening car chase from The Longest Yard featuring a Citroen SM evading police.
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The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad and James Hampton.
The Longest Yard: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad. A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
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Plot – Paul Crewe is a former American football champion who gets arrested for driving under the influence and he's imprisoned. The jail is directed by Hazen, a grim official who has explicitly requested Crewe's presence because of his athletic abilities.
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In 'The Longest Yard', Burt Reynolds plays Paul Crewe, an ex-pro quarterback and former MVP who, in the opening scene, has a fight with his girlfriend, steals her expensive car, leads the police on a high speed chase across town, dumps the car in the bay and fights with the two arresting officers who pick him up drunk at a local bar.