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Smokey and the Bandit II

Year:

1980

Duration:

USA:100 min

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

Hal Needham

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1980-08-15

Filming Locations: Orange Bowl - 1501 N.W. 3rd Street, Miami, Florida, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $10,883,835 (USA) (17 August 1980)

Gross: $10,883,835 (USA) (17 August 1980)

Cast

Actor

Character

John Megna

Burt Reynolds

Bandit

Jackie Gleason

Sheriff Buford T. Justice

Jerry Reed

Cledus

Dom DeLuise

Doc

Sally Field

Carrie

Paul Williams

Little Enos

Pat McCormick

Big Enos

David Huddleston

John Conn

Mike Henry

Junior

John Anderson

Governor

Brenda Lee

Nice Lady

Phil Balsley

Himself (as The Statler Brothers)

Lew DeWitt

Himself (as The Statler Brothers)

Don Reid

Himself (as The Statler Brothers)

Harold Reid

Himself (as The Statler Brothers)

Mel Tillis

Fairground Owner

Don Williams

Himself

Terry Bradshaw

Himself

Joe Greene

Himself (as 'Mean Joe' Greene)

Joe Klecko

Himself

Jeffrey Bryan King

Football Player

Nancy Lenehan

Ramona

Dudley Remus

Everglades Gas Station Attendant

Jerry Lester

Warehouse Guard

Hal Carter

Gas Station Attendant

Rick Allen

Safari Park Attendant

Chuck Yeager

Party Guest (as Charles Yeager)

Patrick Moody

Ambulance Driver

John Robert Nicholson

Patient

Anthony T. Townes

Young Black Boy

Ritchey Brown

Young Man

Nancy Lee Johnson

Young Girl

Gayle Davis

Older Girl

James L. Buchanan II

Preacher (as James L. Buchanan 2nd)

The Statler Brothers

Themselves

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Trivia

The movie featured a number of American country and western music stars who acted in the movie as well as sung. These included Mel Tillis as a Fairground Owner, Brenda Lee as a Nice Lady, Don Williams as himself, and the Statler Brothers, Phil Balsley, Lew DeWitt, Harold Reid and Don Reid also as themselves.

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At the beginning of the film, Sheriff Buford T. Justice stands in front of a church named "Texarkana Reformed United Evangelical Fundamental Church of God, the Twelve Apostles and Assorted Saints."

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Jackie Gleason plays three characters in this movie: Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Gaylord Justice and Reginald Van Justice.

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Goofs

No animal would be kept inside a crate for 3-4 weeks while it goes through "quarantine".

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Sheriff Justice is in two different cars during the scene when he is chasing the Bandit through the roller-coaster. This is denoted by disappearing and reappearing damage to the front end of Sheriff Justices car.

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The interior shots of Bandit and Carrie in the Trans Am show that the t-tops are on the car, and exterior shots of the Trans Am show that the t-tops are off.

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Quotes

Buford T. Justice: [Sheriff Justice's car got hit by Cledus' truck] Are you alright, Junior?

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'Bandit': I didn't take Charlotte to Texas.

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Junior: You know, Daddy, I like this place. All the 'gators and snakes and stuff. Why don't we move down here?

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