Smokey and the Bandit
What we have here is a total lack of respect for the law!
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
- Director
- Hal Needham
- Signature
- Craft · Action · Humour
- Worldwide
- $127M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Smokey and the Bandit returned 29.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $127M
- Release date
- May 27, 1977
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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