Directed by:
Robert AldrichScreenplay:
Tracy Keenan WynnCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Bernadette Peters, Anitra Ford, Richard Kiel (more)VOD (2)
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Hollywood great Burt Reynolds leads the downfield charge in this raucous, rough-and-tumble comedy-drama coached by legendary director Robert Aldrich. Reynolds plays one-time pro quarterback Paul Crewe, now behind bars for leading the state police on a wild chase in a “borrowed” car. Eddie Albert is the sadistic, scheming warden who recruits Crewe to form a team of convicts to go up against the warden’s polished, semi-pro team of prison guards in a championship game. Crewe has agreed that his crew - dubbed the “Mean Machine” - will provide only passive resistance to the squad of brutal guards. But the gridiron showdown turns into a gritty game of cunning strategy as the Mean Machine defies the warden’s iron-fisted control and attempts to go the distance in The Longest Yard. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Burt Reynolds
USA
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Eddie Albert
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Ed Lauter
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Michael Conrad
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James Hampton
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Harry Caesar
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Charles Tyner
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Mike Henry
USA
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Anitra Ford
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Richard Kiel
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Joe Kapp
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Robert Tessier
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Joe Dorsey
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Chuck Hayward
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J. Don Ferguson
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Michael Fox
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Alfie Wise
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Midway (1976)
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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
John Steadman
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Sonny Shroyer
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