Former star pro football quarterback Paul "Wrecking" Crewe walks out on his wealthy girlfriend Melissa in
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• Burt Reynolds as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe
• Eddie Albert as Warden Rudolph Hazen
• Ed Lauter as Captain Wilhelm Knauer
• Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro… See more

Producer Albert S. Ruddy wrote the story in the late 1960s. He got Tracy Keenan Wynn, who had written a television film about life in prison, The Glass House (1972), to write a script. Wynn signed in June 1972. Finance was raised … See more

The Longest Yard opened in New York on August 21, 1974. This was followed by a release in Los Angeles on September 25, 1974 followed by a general release in October 1974.
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The film holds a 76% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 reviews. The critical consensus reads: "Equal parts tough and funny, and led by a perfectly cast Burt Reynolds, The Longest Yard has an interesting … See more

The film has been remade three times:
• Mean Machine (2001 film), starring Vinnie Jones, taking place in England and changing the sport from American football to Association football.
• The Longest Yard (2005), star… See more