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Hollywood great Burt Reynolds (White Lightning Semi-Tough) leads the downfield charge in this raucous rough-and-tumble comedy-drama coached by legendary director Robert Aldrich (Vera Cruz The Dirty Dozen). 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 (Hustle) 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. Featuring Ed Lauter Michael Conrad Bernadette Peters Richard Kiel and a rowdy roster of real-life football greats it s survival of the fiercest. And the funniest!