Smokey and the Bandit movie

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

It inspired several other trucking films, including two sequels, Smokey and the Bandit II (originally known as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again in the U.K.), and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3. There were also a series of 1994 television movies (Bandit Goes Country, Bandit Bandit, Beauty and the Bandit and Bandits Silver Angel) from original director/writer Hal Needham loosely based on the earlier version, with Emmy-winning actor Brian Bloom now playing Bandit 1. The three original movies introduced two generations of the Pontiac Trans Am.

The film was the second highest grossing film of 1977, beaten only by Star Wars.The movie was filmed primarily in Georgia in the cities of McDonough, GA and Jonesboro, GA. The scenes in Texarkana were filmed in Jonesboro and the surrounding area, and many of the chase scenes were filmed in the surrounding areas and in McDonough, GA. The scene at the race track was filmed at the old Lakewood Fairgrounds on the south side of Atlanta. The roller coaster seen in the movie was the Greyhound. It had not been used for some time and was repainted for the first Smokey and the Bandit film. It was destroyed in the second film and a flash back scene used in the third.

All Smokey and the Bandit trailers available on youtube

Smokey and the Bandit Cast

• George Reynolds
• Jackie Gleason
• Jerry Reed
• Lamar Jackson
• Laura Lizer Sommers
• Linda McClure
• Macon McCalman
• Michael Mann
• Mike Henry
• Pat McCormick
• Paul Williams
• Ronnie Gay
• Sally Field
• Susan McIver