Who starred in the original 1974 version of the movie “The Longest Yard”?
The Longest Yard is a 1974 American sports drama film about inmates at a prison who play American football against their guards. Burt Reynolds portrayed Paul “Wrecking” Crewe in the original, and the coach Nate Scarborough in the 2005 remake. The 1974 original was also the basis for the 2001 movie Mean Machine, starring Vinnie Jones as Danny Meehan, based on the character of Paul Crewe, and featuring association football instead of gridiron football. Green Bay Packers legend Ray Nitschke appeared in the 1974 version as did the country legend George Jones. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
Burt Reynolds was the star of the original version of “The Longest Yard”. He also appeared in the remake as a different character. Reynolds portrayed Paul “Wrecking” Crewe in the original, and the coach Nate Scarborough in the 2005 remake. The original also included Eddie Albert as the prison warden Rudolph Hazen. Other cast members include Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson and Bernadette Peters. In the movie, Reynold’s character is a former professional quarterback that winds up in jail. The warden of the jail runs a semi-professional football team made up of prison guards. Reynolds is forced to form a team of convicts to play the guards. Sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071771/, http://en.wikipedia.
Burt Reynolds was the star of the original version of “The Longest Yard”. He also appeared in the remake as a different character. Reynolds portrayed Paul “Wrecking” Crewe in the original, and the coach Nate Scarborough in the 2005 remake. The original also included Eddie Albert as the prison warden Rudolph Hazen. Other cast members include Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson and Bernadette Peters. In the movie, Reynold’s character is a former professional quarterback that winds up in jail. The warden of the jail runs a semi-professional football team made up of prison guards. Reynolds is forced to form a team of convicts to play the guards.
