In Robert Aldrich's crowd-pleasing classic, Burt Reynolds stars as convict Paul Crewe, a former football player doing time in a prison controlled by two authoritarian sports fanatics, warden Hazen (Eddie Albert) and captain Knauer (Ed Lauter). When Crewe sees that the guards have a top-notch football team, he takes it upon .. Read more
| Starring | Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter, James Hampton, Michael Conrad |
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| Director | Robert Aldrich |
| Genres | Comedy |
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A fiercely anti-authoritarian parable mixing broad, black comedy and fast action, this portrays the conflict between... read more on Time Out
Violent, meandering comedy-drama with murderous jokes but no narrative grip.
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The Longest Yard, previously titled The Mean Machine (Later rehashed by Vinnie Jones) is basically a story of a man who had everything, lost it all and then ... more
A fiercely anti-authoritarian parable mixing broad, black comedy and fast action, this portrays the conflict between... read more on Time Out
Violent, meandering comedy-drama with murderous jokes but no narrative grip.