The Cannonball Run
Director: Hal Needham
Genre: Comedy, Auto racing, Action, Screwball comedy, Action/Adventure, Buddy film, Road movie, Action Comedy, Adventure Comedy, Chase Movie, Chinese Movies
Year: 1981
Country: United States of America, Hong Kong
Language: English Language, Arabic Language, Japanese Language, Standard Cantonese
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Jamie Farr, Bianca Jagger, Warren Berlinger, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Bert Convy, Jackie Chan, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Terry Bradshaw, Adrienne Barbeau, Jack Elam, Peter Fonda
See also Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash
The Cannonball Run is a 1981 comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Dom DeLuise and Farrah Fawcett, and was directed by Hal Needham. It was produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was followed by the 1984 Warner Bros. sequel Cannonball Run II.
Race teams have gathered in Connecticut to start their cross-country race. One at a time, teams drive up to the starters' stand, punch a time card to indicate their time of departure, then take off.
Among the teams are:
At the starting line, observing from the shadows, is Mr. Arthur J. Foyt (a play on the name of racer A. J. Foyt), a representative of the (Safety Enforcement Unit), who tries to stop the race because of its environmental effects and safety issues. In the car with him is Pamela Glover. Shortly after they leave the starting line, J.J. and Victor (driving their ambulance) come across Foyt and Glover, who have been involved in a minor fender-bender. Glover implores J.J. and Victor to help, but when they tell Foyt to enter the ambulance through the back door, they kidnap Glover and take off without
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