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The Longest Yard

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The Longest Yard The Rewatchables

Crewe’s failure to explain the warden’s Caretaker-murder threat to the team is the weak link.

In the discussion (3)
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  • The panel argues that the prisoners likely would have accepted losing if Crewe explained the threat of a murder frame.
  • If Crewe throws the game, the teammates he betrays could ruin him for the rest of his prison time.
  • Unger’s obvious guilt and Crewe’s bond with Caretaker make the warden’s frame threat seem less credible.