The Longest Yard (2005)
Drama · Comedy · Crime
Overview
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. 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.
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Paul Crewe
- Chris Rock as Caretaker
- Burt Reynolds as Nate Scarborough
- Nelly as Megget
- Michael Irvin as Deacon Moss
- Bill Goldberg as Battle
- Terry Crews as Cheeseburger Eddy
- Bob Sapp as Switowski
- Nicholas Turturro as Brucie
- Dalip Singh as Turley