Full of terribly inside showbiz jokes and populated by what could be called Burt and Hal's Rat Pack, film takes place in that redneck never-never land where most of the guys are beer-guzzling good ole boys and all the gals are fabulously built tootsies.
The Cannonball Run
You'll root for them all...but you'll never guess who wins.
1981 · 1h 35m · PG
Action, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Hal Needham
Overview
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Director and cast
- Hal Needham Director
- Burt Reynolds as J.J. McClure
- Roger Moore as Seymour Goldfarb, Jr.
- Farrah Fawcett-Majors as Pamela Glover
- Dean Martin as Jamie Blake
- Dom DeLuise as Victor Prinzim / Captain Chaos
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Morris Fenderbaum
- Jack Elam as Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing
- Adrienne Barbeau as Marcie Thatcher, Lamborghini Babe #1
- Terry Bradshaw as Terry
- Jackie Chan as Jackie Chan, Subaru Driver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The Cannonball Run is an abdication of artistic responsibility at the lowest possible level of ambition. In other words, they didn't even care enough to make a good lousy movie.
Inoffensive and sometimes funny.
The last five minutes, when they show out-takes of flubbed lines, etc, are hysterical. The rest is strictly for those willing to pay for a series of TV chat show performances.
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