Movie · 1974
The Longest Yard
“It's survival of the fiercest and funniest”
Released 21 August 1974 121 min Comedy / Drama / Crime More from 1974 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
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How old were they?
Eddie Albert
as Warden Hazen
John Steadman
as Pop
Michael Fox
as Announcer
Charles Tyner
as Unger
Michael Conrad
as Nate Scarboro
Harry Caesar
as Granville
Lance Fuller
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Joe Dorsey
as Bartender
Robert Tessier
as Shokner
Burt Reynolds
as Paul Crewe
James Hampton
as Caretaker
Mike Henry
as Rassmeusen
Pervis Atkins
as Mawabe
Ed Lauter
as Captain Knauer
Tony Cacciotti
as Rotka
Richard Kiel
as Samson
Anitra Ford
as Melissa
Bernadette Peters
as Miss Toot
Jim Nicholson
as Ice Man
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The numbers
42years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Eddie Albert — oldest on the call sheet
26Bernadette Peters — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast