Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
- Starring:
- Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, (more)
- Director(s):
- Hal Needham
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Comedy, Action / Adventure
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Former stuntman Hal Needham made his directorial debut with the first Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and repeated his success with the sequel, a virtual remake that substituted a live elephant for a truckload of beer. Burt Reynolds returns as law-defying anti-hero Bandit, now a washed-up alcoholic whose girlfriend Carrie (Sally Field) has left him. When a pair of eccentric, wealthy brothers named Big Enos (Pat McCormick) and Little Enos (Paul Williams) approach Bandit with an offer of work, he and trucker pal Cledus (Jerry Reed) jump at the chance. The gig involves transporting an elephant to the Republican National Convention in twenty-four hours. The wrinkle is that the pachyderm is about to give birth -- any minute. Enter "Doc" (Dom DeLuise) a bizarre medical man who joins the team to care for the expectant mother, and Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), who has not forgotten the humiliations that he suffered during Bandit's last "mission." Needham's films were instantly forgettable cocktails of car chases, car crashes, and lowbrow humor. Reynolds and Needham teamed up over a dozen times in various action comedy pictures. Audiences of the late Seventies loved their anti-authority redneck humor and made their early collaborations into box office smashes. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 101 mins
Complete Cast of Smokey and the Bandit II
- Burt Reynolds - Bandit
- Sally Field - Carrie
- Jerry Reed - Cledus
- Pat McCormick - Big Enos
- Mike Henry - Junior
- Brenda Lee - Nice Lady
- Terry Bradshaw - Himself
- Joe Klecko - Himself
- Jackie Gleason - Gaylord Justice
- Patrick Moody - Ambulance Driver
- Richard Allen - Safari Park Attendant
- Dudley Remus - Everglades Attendant
- Nancy Lenehan - Ramona
- Jackie Gleason - Sheriff Buford T. Justice
- Dom DeLuise - Doc
- Paul Williams - Little Enos
- David Huddleston - John Conn
- John Anderson - Governor
- Don Williams - Himself
- "Mean" Joe Greene - Himself
- Mel Tillis - Fairground Owner
- Jackie Gleason - Reginald Van Justice
- Harold Reid - Statler Brother
- Jeffrey King
- John Megna - P.J.
- Jerry Lester - Warehouse Guard
- Director(s):
- Hal Needham
- Writer(s):
- Mike Kane, Jerry Belson, Brock Yates
- Producer(s):
- Hank Moonjean, Peter Burrell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Humor, Mild Violence, Adult Language, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy, Action / Adventure
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