The Longest Yard 1974

Directed by Robert Aldrich | Starring: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Bernadette Peters, Ed Lauter

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.