Smokey and the Bandit II
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Theatrical poster by Dan Gouzee
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| Directed by | Hal Needham |
| Produced by | Mort Engelberg |
| Written by | Michael Kane Jerry Belson Brock Yates |
| Based on | characters created by Hal Needham & Robert L. Levy |
| Starring |
Burt Reynolds Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed Dom DeLuise Sally Field |
| Music by | Snuff Garrett |
| Cinematography | Michael Butler |
| Edited by |
Donn Cambern William Gordean |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $66.1 million |
| Smokey and the Bandit II (Original Soundtrack) |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | 1980 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 31:59 |
| Label | MCA Records |
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Jerry Kennedy Snuff Garrett |
Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, and stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Dom DeLuise. The film is the sequel to the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit.
The film was originally released in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and several other, mainly Commonwealth countries as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again. Early video releases and TV broadcasts also used this title, but in more recent years have reverted to the original U.S. title. It was followed by a sequel three years later, Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), in which Reynolds appeared only in a brief cameo appearance, and Sally Field was absent completely.
The plot centers on Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed), transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention, with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) in hot pursuit once again.
Big Enos Burdette (Pat McCormick) is running for Governor of Texas against another candidate, John Coen (David Huddleston). After a figurative and literal "mudslinging," both are confronted by the outgoing governor (John Anderson) and given a thorough tongue-lashing. Burdette overhears the governor yelling at an assistant to take responsibility for transporting a crate of unknown content from Miami to the Republican Party convention in Dallas. Burdette schemes to deliver the crate to the convention. He enlists Bandit (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus (Jerry Reed) to carry out the task.
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