THE LONGEST YARD (1974 FILM)

THE LONGEST YARD (1974 FILM)

Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, and Mike Conrad

The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy-drama directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Mike Conrad, and James Hampton. The film follows a former NFL player who recruits a group of prisoners to play football against their guards and features real-life football players like Green Bay Packers legend Ray Nitschke. It has been remade three times: the 2001 British film Mean Machine, the 2005 American film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Reynolds, and the 2015 Egyptian film Captain Masr, with the sport changed to association football in the 2001 and 2015 remakes.

Dimensions: 31" × 44"