Smokey And The Bandit
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Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos seek a truck driver willing to bootleg Coors beer to Georgia for their refreshment. At the time, Coors was regarded as one of the finest beers in the U.S. but it could not be legally sold east of the Mississippi River. The Burdettes find legendary trucker Bo "Bandit" Darville competing in a truck rodeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta. They offer him $80,000 to haul 400 cases of beer from Texarkana, Texas back to Atlanta in 28 hours. Bandit accepts the bet and recruits
Credits
- Directed by
- Hal Needham
- Written by
- Hal Needham, Charles Shyer, James Lee Barrett
- Cast
- Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Mike Henry, Michael Mann, Pat McCormick, Michael McManus
- Produced by
- Robert L. Levy
- Cinematography
- Bobby Byrne
- Music
- Bill Justis
- Edited by
- Walter Hannemann
Copyright
Registered 30Mar78 · PA 1-655 (Jan-Jun 1978) Copyright holder: Universal Pictures
Sources
Record added 2026-06-28T22:14:51Z