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Overview

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6.6/10   12,550 votes
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Director:
Hal Needham
Writers:
Hal Needham (story) &
Robert L. Levy (story) ...
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Release Date:
27 May 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance more
Tagline:
Time to take to the road, for a quiet little drive in the country...or not. more
Plot:
The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Producer Ned Tanen Dead At 77
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 January 2009, 1:31 AM, PST)

Entertainment Legend Jerry Reed Dies
 (From WENN. 2 September 2008, 7:01 AM, PDT)

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Back when Burt was god more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Reynolds ... Bandit

Sally Field ... Carrie
Jerry Reed ... Cledus
Mike Henry ... Junior Justice
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 Sommers ... Little Beaver (as Laura Lizer)
Michael Mann ... Branford's Deputy
Lamar Jackson ... Sugar Bear
Ronnie Gay ... Georgia Trooper
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bandit, Bandit (Europe)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Canada:PA (Ontario) | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:11 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | USA:PG (Approved No. 24818) | Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA more

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Trivia:
According to MapQuest, Atlanta to Texarkana is 665.2 miles, with an estimated travel time of 10 hours, 43 minutes (21:30 round trip). Atlanta to Boston is 1089 miles with an estimated travel time of 17 hours, 31 minutes. If driven the whole way, it would require an average speed of 121 miles an hour to do it in the 18 hours mandated by the "double or nothing" but the terms of the bet didn't specify how they were to get to Boston and certainly not how to return so they could have driven to the airport and bought round-trip tickets. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Just before the Bandit jumps the bridge, he does a 360 degree turn around, revealing there is no license plate on the car. more
Quotes:
Cledus Snow: Atlanta to Texarkana and back in twenty eight hours? That ain't never been done before.
Bandit: That's cause *we* ain't never done it.
Cledus Snow: Suppose we don't make it?
Bandit: Hey, we ain't never not made it before, have we?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Psych: Who Ya Gonna Call? (#1.7)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
The Legend more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Back when Burt was god, 9 January 2007
10/10
Author: slightlymad22 from United Kingdom

This movie,as far as I know,never won any special honours.It perhaps is not listed as one of the top 1,000,000 movies of all time.but I (and I am not ashamed to admit this),love this movie.Perhaps it is the charm exuded by Burt Reynolds. Perhaps it is the beautiful Sally Field(she will forever remind me of the little girl who lived next door but one who always managed to elude me)Perhaps it is the comic genius of Jackie Gleason. This is the absolute "king" of redneck comedy movies(and I use the term "redneck" with the utmost affection).I am a fan of great films,but I have my guilty pleasure movies as anyone has. This one tops my list of those.Love it!

Your enjoyment of the film depends on your first viewing experience. If like myself, you were a young boy growing up in the mid-eighties, you will have no doubt lived for the endless thrills, spills, car crashes, second-rate jokes and Big Burt as the Bandit, and its two sequels. It's easy to laugh at now, but there is a perverse pleasure in seeing bell-bottoms, grown men with CB radios and muscles cars the size of small houses, the likes of which most people won't have seen since 1982.

And as a side note only Star Wars grossed more than Smokey and the Bandit in 1977

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