The Longest Yard

Theatrical - Wide 2005-05-27

Cast Adam Sandler Chris Rock James Cromwell Bob Sapp William Fichtner
Directed by Peter Segal
Written by Sheldon Turner

Box Office Gross: $191,466,556

Running Time: 113 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Callahan Filmworks, Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions

Genres: Comedy Crime Drama

JoBlo's Rating

4/10

Synopsis

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution’s football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in... See more a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.

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