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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.
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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.
- Robert Aldrich
- 4 min
May 27, 2005 · The Longest Yard: Directed by Peter Segal. With Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly. Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
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- Comedy, Crime, Sport
- Peter Segal
- 2005-05-27
Semi-Tough: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston. A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
- Michael Ritchie
- 2 min
Burt Reynolds plays Paul Crewe, a former star quarterback in the NFL, who finds himself incarcerated and forced to put together a team of inmates to plays against the guards.
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- Robert Aldrich
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- Burt Reynolds
Its star Burt Reynolds had spent years as a stuntman and action player before attracting acting honors in John Boorman's Deliverance (1972). Reynolds also knew football, in college he had been a halfback for Florida State.
A washed-up former pro football quarterback - now in prison - is forced to lead a group of inmates in a gridiron grudge match against vicious prison guards.
