Smokey and the Bandit
Wealthy Texan Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos have sponsored a racer in Atlanta's Southern Classic and want to celebrate in style when he wins, so they are seeking a trucker willing to bootleg Coors Beer to Atlanta for their refreshment. They find local legend Bo "Bandit" Darville at a roadeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds and offer him US$80,000 (equivalent to $357,738 in 2021) to haul 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana (the closest place it could be legally sold at that time) to Atlanta in 28 hours. According to Google Maps, a trip that, at legal speeds, should take less than 10 hours, one-way. The Bandit takes the bet on the risky and unprecedented task, and recruits his partner Cledus "Snowman" Snow to drive the truck, while Bandit drives a black Pontiac Trans Am bought in advance from the Burdettes as a "blocker" to divert attention away from the truck and its illegal cargo.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Action, Comedy, Adventure |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Mort Engelberg, Jules V. Levy, Robert L. Levy |
| Directed By: | Hal Needham |
| Written By: | Hal Needham, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandel, James Lee Barrett, Robert L. Levy |
| Cast: | Pat McCormick, Bill Rampley, Darin Chambers, Lamar Jackson, Michael Mann, Ingeborg Kjeldsen, Joe Klecko, Bill Saito, Bruce Atkins, Mel Pape, Michael McManus, Ben Jones, Susie Ewing, Michael Goodrow, Hank Worden, George Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Burt Reynolds, Ronnie Gay, Curtis Credel, Fred Lerner, Linda McClure, Alfie Wise, Jerry Reed, Sonny Shroyer, Sally Field, Paul Williams, Warde Q. Butler, Mike Henry, Gene Witham, Macon McCalman, Paul Sorensen, Quinnon Sheffield, Laura Lizer Sommers, John Schneider |
| In Theaters: | May 27, 1977 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 36 minutes |
| Production: | Universal Pictures, Rastar Films |
| Budget: | $4,300,000 |
| Box Office: | $126,737,428 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
