Albert plays a sadistic warden who would make any sacrifice to push his prison guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Reynolds plays a one time pro quarterback behind bars for "borrowing" a car.
MPAA rating: R.|||adult
Paramount Pictures presents ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; story by Albert S. Ruddy ; produced by Albert S. Ruddy ; directed by Robert Aldrich.
Lockdown edition
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Widescreen version, enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, Jim Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyler, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson, Bernadette Peters.
Director of photography, Joseph Biroc ; production designer, James S. Vance ; music, Frank DeVol.
NTSC.
DVD ; code 1 ; Dolby digital mono.
In English or dubbed into French with optional English or French subtitles.
