First Down...And Ten Years To Go. In this rough-and-tumble yarn actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Reynolds plays one time pro quarterback Paul Crewe now behind bars for leading State Police on a wild chase in a ""borrowed"" car. He agrees to organize a prisoners'
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Burt Reynolds plays a prisoner, convicted for drunk driving, who organises an American football match between his fellow prisoners and the prison wardens. For the prisoners, the aim is to get revenge for the harsh treatment they have received; for the wardens, who have been told by the prison chief to play as dirty as possible, the whole point is to inflict a serious quantity of hurt and humiliation on the inmates. Whatever the outcome, this is going to be one of the dirtiest, meanest football games ever played.
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