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The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad and James Hampton. The film was released as The Mean Machine in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
The Longest Yard did well at the box office. Its $47.6 million opening weekend was the largest of Sandler's career and only second to The Day After Tomorrow as the largest opening by a movie that was not No. 1. The film would go on to gross $158.1 million in the United States and Canada and $190 million worldwide.
Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 [citation needed] – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films Cool Hand Luke (1967), Harold and Maude (1971), The Cowboys (1972), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Pete's Dragon (1977), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Pulse (1988).
The Longest Yard (1974) as Rassmeusen; Mean Johnny Barrows (1976) as Carlo Da Vince; Adiós Amigo (1976) as Mary's Husband; No Way Back (1976) as Goon #3; Smokey and the Bandit (1977) as Junior Justice; M*A*S*H (1977, TV Series) as Donald Penobscot; Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) as Junior Justice; Fantasy Island (1981, TV Series) as Mike
James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his TV roles such as Private Hannibal Shirley Dobbs on F Troop (1965–1967), Leroy B. Simpson on The Doris Day Show (1968–1969), Love, American Style (1969–1974), and his movie roles such as "Caretaker" in The Longest Yard (1974), a role which garnered him ...
Keep the laughs coming with these funny movie quotes and iconic lines from classics like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Young Frankenstein" and others. ... "Back to the Future Part II" (1989 ...
He went on to receive two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles in Roman Holiday (1953), and The Heartbreak Kid (1972). [1] His other notable films roles include in Oklahoma! (1955), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), The Longest Yard (1974), and Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
A funny thing happened with TV show opening credits over the decades. They were long… and then got really short… and then got extra-long again! Opening title sequences used to regularly be ...