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The Longest Yard (2005)

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.

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Top billed cast

Adam SandlerPaul Crewe
Chris RockCaretaker
James CromwellWarden Hazen
Burt ReynoldsCoach Nate Scarborough
NellyMegget
William FichtnerCaptain Knauer
David Patrick KellyUnger
Tracy MorganMs. Tucker
Cloris LeachmanLynette
Michael IrvinDeacon Moss

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