Story Line
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.
“It's survival of the fiercest and funniest”
Top Cast
Burt Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Ed Lauter
Captain Knauer
Michael Conrad
Nate Scarboro
James Hampton
Caretaker
Harry Caesar
Granville
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
1974-08-21
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
ComedyDramaCrime
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
9/10
•9/9/2018Football and prison is a recipe for brutal mirth.
Disgraced former pro football quarterback Paul Crewe is sent to prison after a drunken night to remember. The prison is run by Warden Hazen, a football nut who spies an opportunity to utilise Crewe...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/25/2024On the face of it, the warden "Eddie Albert" maybe wasn't having his brightest idea when he decides that his prisoners should play a game of American football against his guards, but when a former pro is sent down for eighteen months after an alterca...