Name: Smokey and the Bandit
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 4.782608695652174

Smokey and the Bandit

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff. More Details »

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Director: Hal Needham

Producer: Mort Engelberg, Robert L. Levy, Jules V. Levy

Writer: Hal Needham, Robert L. Levy, James Lee Barrett

Release Date: May 27, 1977

Runtime: 1hr 36m

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

When Hal Needham originally wrote the initial screenplay, he hired Jerry Reed to play the Bandit. But when Needham told Burt Reynolds about the film, Reynolds decided he wanted to do it and Reed was re-cast as the Snowman.

- Buford T. Justice: Hey boy, where's Sheriff Branford?
- Sheriff Branford: I AM Sheriff Branford.
- Buford T. Justice: Ooo, Hee-Hee. For some reason or another, you sounded a little taller on radio, hee-hee.

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