The Longest Yard (1974)
Burt Reynolds zet de aanval in als Paul Crewe in deze ruwe, overrompelende film van Robert Aldrich (The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen). Crewe, ooit professional quarterback, zit nu in de gevangenis omdat de politie hem na een wilde achtervolging klemreed in een 'geleende' auto. Eddie Albert (Roman Holiday) speelt de sadistische, sluwe gevangenisdirecteur. Albert geeft Crewe de opdracht om een footballteam samen te stellen van gevangenen. Dit team moet het in een kampioenswedstrijd opnemen tegen Alberts geslepen, semi-professionele team van bewakers. Bovendien moet Crewe Albert beloven dat zijn team van gedetineerden, bijgenaamd "The Mean Machine", de brute bewakers geen strobreed in de weg zal leggen. Maar als The Mean Machine tegen de afspraak in volledig losgaat en de strijd aanbindt met het ijzeren team van bewakers, verandert de wedstrijd in een slim strategisch spel en een heus gevecht op leven en dood. Alles wordt nu op alles gezet voor The Longest Yard!
Regiseur:
Robert Aldrich
Schrijver:
Tracy Keenan Wynn
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Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe |
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Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen |
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Ed Lauter as Captain Knauer |
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Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro |
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James Hampton as Caretaker |
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Harry Caesar as Granville |
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John Steadman as Pop |
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Charles Tyner as Unger |
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Mike Henry as Rassmeusen |
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Richard Kiel as Samson |
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Pervis Atkins as Mawabe |
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Bernadette Peters as Miss Toot |
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Jim Nicholson as Ice Man |
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Tony Cacciotti as Rotka |
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Anitra Ford as Melissa |
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Tony Reese as Levitt |
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Michael Fox as Announcer |
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Dino Washington as Mason |
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George A. Jones as Big George |
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Chuck Hayward as Trooper I |
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Mort Marshall as Assistant Warden |
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Joe Kapp as Walking Boss |
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Pepper Martin as Shop Steward |
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Ray Nitschke as Bogdanski |
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Sonny Sixkiller as The Indian |
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Robert Tessier as Shokner |
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Ernie Wheelwright as Spooner |
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Joe Dorsey as Bartender |
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Gus Carlucci as Team Doctor |
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Jack Rockwell as Trainer |
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Sonny Shroyer as Tannen |
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Ray Ogden as Schmidt |
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Don Ferguson as Referee |
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Alfie Wise as Trooper II |
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Steve Wilder as J.J. |
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Wilbur Gillian as Big Wilbur |
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Wilson Warren as Buttercup |
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Joe Jackson as Little Joe |
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Howard Silverstein as Howie |
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Donald Hixon as Donny |
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Gerald Michael Atkins as Con / Football player (uncredited) |
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Malcolm Atterbury as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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J. Don Ferguson as Football Referee (uncredited) |
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Lance Fuller as Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Harold Morris as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Bill Rampley as Guard / Football Player (uncredited) |
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James Hooks Reynolds as Con Football Player (uncredited) |
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Philip Wende as Guard (uncredited) |
| Sound | Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Art | James Dowell Vance | Production Design |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Production | Albert S. Ruddy | Producer |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Production | Joyce Selznick | Casting |
| Directing | Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Writing | Tracy Keenan Wynn | Screenplay |
| Sound | James Fritch | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Gordon Daniel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jim Foglesong | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Clifford C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Sound | Fred Faust | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy Del Russo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Albert S. Ruddy | Story |
| Production | Alan P. Horowitz | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Hal Needham | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Ron Wright | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Steven R. Stevens | Casting |
| Sound | Howard Beals | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Hal Needham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Frank Orsatti | Stunts |
| Crew | Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Pat Studstill | Stunts |
| Crew | Louie Elias | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Crew | James M. Halty | Stunts |
| Crew | Mickey Caruso | Stunts |
| Crew | Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Crew | Thol Simonson | Special Effects |
