Director: Hal Needham

Writers: James Lee Barrett; Robert L. Levy; Alan Mandel; Hal Needham; Charles Shyer

Music by: Bill Justis; Jerry Reed

Producer: Mort Engelberg

Keywords: Action/Comedy, Auto Racing, Wager, Truckers, Classic Car Chase

Burt Reynolds is The Bandit, hired to deliver a truckload of Coors beer from Texas to Georgia in under 28 hours. If successful he will receive $80,000 (greater than the value of beer, so this is more of a wager). Determine to stop him is Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice, "Smokey." Received an Oscar nomination for Best Film Editing. Spawned two sequels, one of them particularly awful.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sally Field	Actor	6-Nov-1946		Steel Magnolias
Jackie Gleason	Actor	26-Feb-1916	24-Jun-1987	Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
Mike Henry	Football	15-Aug-1936		Tarzan, 1966-68
Pat McCormick	Comic	30-Jun-1927	29-Jul-2005	Smokey and the Bandit
Jerry Reed	Country Musician	20-Mar-1937	1-Sep-2008	When You're Hot, You're Hot
Burt Reynolds	Actor	11-Feb-1936	6-Sep-2018	Moustached Cannonball Run actor
Paul Williams	Singer/Songwriter	19-Sep-1940		Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

CAST

Burt Reynolds	...   Bandit
Sally Field	...   Carrie
Jerry Reed	...   Cledus
Mike Henry	...   Junior
Paul Williams	...   Little Enos
Pat McCormick	...   Big Enos
Alfie Wise	...   Patrolman -- Traffic Jam
George Reynolds	...   Branford
Macon McCalman	...   Mr. B
Linda McClure	...   Waynette
Susan McIver	...   Hot Pants
Laura Lizer	...   Little Beaver
Michael Mann	...   Branford's Deputy
Lamar Jackson	...   Sugar Bear
Ronnie Gay	...   Georgia Trooper
Quinnon Sheffield	...   Alabama Trooper
Jackie Gleason	...   Sheriff Buford T. Justice

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