![]() The film opens with truck driver Tod Engles being arrested by a Georgia detective for "bootleging"- hauling alcohol without proper permits the trailer was loaded with cases of Coors Beer which, at that time, could not be legally sold east of Texas. Smokey was followed by two sequels: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). Smokey and the Bandit is the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977, second only to the first Star Wars film ("A New Hope"). Justice (Gleason), a blusterous Texas county sheriff. During their run, they are relentlessly pursued by Buford T. While Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract law enforcement and keep the attention off Snow. The film follows two truckers, Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), as they attempt to drive from Atlanta to Texarkana, pick up 400 cases of Coors beer, and illegally transport it back to Atlanta in 28 hours or less. The film was the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham. Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry.
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