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1977
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy road film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, and Mike Henry. The film marks the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham.
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When film crew and cast have great fun on the set, the result on the screen usually doesn’t bring much fun to the audience. One of the most successful exceptions to this rule is *Smokey and the Bandit*, the 1977 action comedy directed by Hal Needham. The protagonist, played by Burt Reynolds, is Bo “the Bandit” Darville, a professional truck driver whose skills at delivering all kinds of cargo in record time and with…More
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