trivia from smokey and the bandit movies

Justice who is a bullying jerk played to perfection by Jackie Gleeson. I have no idea where we got it from but it was always my favourite.Īnyway, Smokey and the Bandit is still wonderful escapist fun, but the movie is really stolen by the hateful Sheriff Buford T. Believe it or not growing up I had a duvet cover and pillowcases with trucks and radio slang on it. It benefits from watching with subtitles as there is a lot of radio slang so you may not always understand what they’re saying.

Sally Field also joins them and was very good at comedy she was Reynolds’ girlfriend in real life which explains why she had genuine chemistry with him on screen.

He and his partner Cledus (Jerry Reed) agree to transport a truck full of beer across State lines and hilarious hijinks ensue. Burt Reynolds is at his cool but hilarious best clearly just enjoying every minute as Bandit, the “legend” who has never failed on a job. Smokey and the Bandit is one of the classic car caper movies that came out around the late 70’s and 80’s and to this day is still pure joy to watch. Plot: The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff. So strap in and let’s take a ride with Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleeson as we look back at Smokey and the Bandit. Before The Cannonball Run there was Smokey and the Bandit a few months ago I picked up the Outlaw Collection featuring all 7 movies in the Smokey and the Bandit series it was only recently that I found out there were more than three but there are in fact four made for television movies which I am mostly ignoring here as they are pretty much unwatchable.

Trivia from smokey and the bandit movies