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The Cannonball Run

Year:

1981

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Action | Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Hal Needham

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-06-19

Filming Locations: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Earnings

Budget: $18,000,000

Opening Weekend: $11,765,654 (USA) (21 June 1981)

Gross: $20,007,069 (USA) (28 June 1981)

Cast

Actor

Character

Terry Bradshaw

The Cannonball Run

John Megna

Burt Reynolds

J. J. McClure

Roger Moore

Seymour

Farrah Fawcett

Pamela

Dom DeLuise

Victor Prinzim

Dean Martin

Jamie Blake

Sammy Davis Jr.

Fenderbaum

Jack Elam

Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing

Adrienne Barbeau

Marcie

Jackie Chan

Subaru Driver #1

Bert Convy

Brad

Jamie Farr

Sheik

Peter Fonda

Chief Biker

George Furth

A. F. Foyt

Michael Hui

Subaru Driver #2

Bianca Jagger

Sheik's Sister

Molly Picon

Mom Goldfarb

Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder

The Greek

Mel Tillis

Mel

Rick Aviles

Mad Dog

Warren Berlinger

Shakey Finch

Tara Buckman

Jill

John Fiedler

Desk Clerk

Norman Grabowski

Petoski

Joe Klecko

Polish Racing Driver

Grayce Spence

Chair Person

Robert Tessier

Biker (as Bob Tessier)

Alfie Wise

Batman

Johnny Yune

TV Talk Show Host

Lois Hamilton

Seymour's Girl (as Lois Areno)

Simone Burton

Seymour's Girl

Finele Carpenter

Seymour's Girl

Susan McDonald

Seymour's Girl

Janet Woytak

Seymour's Girl

Ben Rogers

Pennsylvania Patrolman

James C. Lewis

Missouri Patrolman #1 (as Jim Lewis)

Fred Smith

California Patrolman #1

Roy Tatum

Connecticut Patrolman

Dudley Remus

New Jersey Patrolman #1

Hal Carter

New Jersey Patrolman #2

Brock Yates

Organizer

Kathleen M. Shea

Starting Girl

Nancy Austin

Phone Booth Lady

Vickie Reigle

Car Hop

Bob Stenner

California Highway Patrolman #2

Ken Squier

California Highway Patrolman #3

Samir Kamoun

Bedouin

Linda McClure

Dour Lady

Laura Lizer Sommers

Lady in Distress

Richard Losee

Trans Am Driver

Richie Burns Wright

Farmboy

Steve Dressler

Race Car Assistant (uncredited)

Dave Mungenast Sr.

Kicked by Jackie Chan (uncredited)

Hal Needham

Ambulance EMT (uncredited)

Valerie Perrine

Female Cop Pulling Over Lamborghini Babes (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Theatrical film debut of Rick Aviles.

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The license plate number of the 1964 silver birch Aston Martin DB5 driven by Roger Moore in the film was 6633PP. The car was made famous by the Sean Connery James Bond movies Goldfinger (1964) and then Thunderball (1965) with later models appearing in subsequent Bond pictures. However, Roger Moore who played James Bond seven times never drove an Aston Martin in a Bond film and this is his only on-screen appearance with the most famous of all James Bond cars.

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At the opening, (Dom Deluise) is driving a 1973 Honda Civic.

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Goofs

When the Rolls arrives at the hotel, Sheik strides to the rear of the car and a boom mic is visible in the windshield following the actor, the shadow of the mic then appears on the ground at the right-front tire.

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Ramp visible (semi-hidden behind a beach umbrella and inflatable rafts) when Mel and Terry run their car into the pool.

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During the "Big Roadblock" scene when the van explodes after hitting the patrol car, you can see the wire connecting the detonator to the explosives in the van. It flies across the far bridge piling.

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Quotes

Seymour Goldfarb Jr: Maybe next year, we'll do this again.

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Seymour Goldfarb Jr: [to his girlfriend] Step back, my dear.

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J.J. McClure: Thanks to you, Victor, we do not have a female patient in the back. Thanks to your wonderful cousin Tessie.

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Faq

Is the race in this movie based on any real race?

Yes, the script writer, Brock Yates, was inspired to write the screenplay by a real race that took place four times in the 1970s called Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash.Yates himself has a bit part in the movie as the "Organizer", the man who speaks to the racers right before they leave.

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