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Certificate 12A

Cast Adam Sandler Burt Reynolds William Fichtner James Cromwell

Directors Peter Segal

Screenwriters Sheldon Turner Tim Herlihy

Running Time 113 minutes

The Longest Yard
Adam Sandler is jailed NFL quarterback forced to train up a team in clink

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Plot
When dishonoured NFL quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) ends up in the clink, conniving Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) demands he knock the guards’ semi-pro team into shape. Crewe’s answer is to train a ragtag bunch of inmates to take them on.

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