The Longest Yard

About The Longest Yard

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 a game against the guards.

The Longest Yard is a 2005 comedy crime film directed by Peter Segal. Adam Sandler appears as Paul Crewe, Chris Rock as Caretaker, Burt Reynolds as Nate Scarborough, and Nelly as Megget.

It runs 113 minutes and was released in May 2005. Written by Sheldon Turner. Production companies include Happy Madison Productions and MTV Films.

Shelv files it under corruption, texas, blackmail, and american football. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Paramount+ Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 3,806 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

Gridiron Gang, Mean Machine, and Heaven Can Wait make useful companions to The Longest Yard, all filed under prison and prisoner.