Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writers:

Stuart Birnbaum, David Dashev

Stars:

Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Gleason	...	Buford T. Justice
Jerry Reed	...	Cledus Snow / 'Bandit'
Paul Williams	...	Little Enos Burdette
Pat McCormick	...	Big Enos Burdette
Mike Henry	...	Junior Justice
Colleen Camp	...	Dusty Trails
Faith Minton	...	Tina
Burt Reynolds	...	The Real Bandit
Sharon Anderson	...	Police Woman
Silvia Arana	...	Latin Woman
Alan Berger	...	Hippie
Ray Bouchard	...	Purvis R. Beethoven (as Raymond Bouchard)
Connie Brighton	...	Girl #1
Earl Houston Bullock	...	Flagman
Ava Cadell	...	Blonde

Storyline

Big Enos and Little Enos have opened a seafood restaurant and want to promote it in their usual fashion. The Bandit is unavailable this time, though, so they enlist Buford. "Trigger" is brought out of mothballs, a large fish is strapped to the roof of the car, and the new Bandit is on his way on another wild cross-country run. But where there is the Bandit, there is Sheriff Buford T. Justice.

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Plot Keywords:

police | third part | chase | sequel | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Pull out the stops. To heck with the cops. Someone's making out like a bandit.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

12 August 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Smokey is the Bandit

Filming Locations:

Clearwater, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie in the three film series not to star or feature Sally Field who starred as Carrie / Frog in the first two theatrical movies.

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Goofs

The state of damage and repair of Buford's car throughout the whole movie.

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Quotes

Junior: Daddy, my face is all white.
Buford T. Justice: Well, put a little lipstick on, I'll drop you off at a gay bar.

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Connections

References Patton (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Bandit Express"
Music by Lee Greenwood
Plays when Cledus pulls out in the Trans-Am as the Bandit

User Reviews

Smokey and the Band-Aid

Where to begin? I have yet to be able to watch this bomb for more than 15 minutes. What was "The Great One" (Gleason) thinking? I just don't get it. I know he loved to drink and he would have had to have been bombed to DO this bomb.

This was probably made during the peak of cocaine abuse in Hollywood. The drug obviously affected the judgment of all involved except Gleason who was just doing it for the easy money. He even admitted it. Anyway, if you thought Smokey II was bad, this somehow is worse. Even if you are a fan of bad movies, this isn't worth the time. It's not "bad". It's "useless"!