Smokey And The Bandit
Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Universal Studios  (1977) 96 mins PG

6.5 (11,402 votes)
Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana--the closest place it can be legally sold--and haul it cross-country to Atlanta in 28 hours. The reward? $80,000! The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed! The reason? A Texas "Smokey," Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), becomes maniacally obsessed with apprehending the elusive Bandit when he joined forces with Smokey's son's runaway bride (Sally Field)!...

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Cast and Crew
Burt Reynolds  ......  Bo 'Bandit' Darville
Sally Field  ......  Carrie 'Frog'
Jerry Reed  ......  Cledus 'Snowman' Snow
Mike Henry  ......  Junior Justice
Paul Williams  ......  Little Enos Burdette
Pat McCormick  ......  Big Enos Burdette
Director  .....  Hal Needham
Producer  .....  Mort Engelberg; Jules V. Levy
Writer  .....  Hal Needham; Robert L. Levy; Charles Shyer; James Lee Barrett
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: At the pee wee football game the building that the trans-am breaks through is clearly a cinder block building before it hits it, but shows wood as it breaks through. (more)

Trivia:
Jackie Gleason said the cafe scene with himself and Burt Reynolds was not in the original story, it was Gleason's idea. (more)

Filming Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA (more)

Quotes:
Buford T. Justice: And don't go home, and don't go to eat, and don't play with yourself. It wouldn't look nice on my highway.
[begins to turn away, then returns]
Buford T. Justice: Now, you can THINK about it... but don't do it!
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination (more)