Smokey and the Bandit 3 was originally titled Smokey IS the Bandit, with Jackie Gleason playing both Smokey and the Bandit. After test screenings, audience reported being confused, and the movie ...

Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 ...

On May 19, 1977, Universal premiered Burt Reynolds' 'Smokey and the Bandit' at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. By Ron Pennington On May 19, 1977, Universal premiered Burt Reynolds’ Smokey ...

While “Star Wars” was 1977’s big money leader at the box office, finishing in the No. 2 slot was a little movie called “Smokey and the Bandit.” Director Hal Needham’s road comedy ...

The first time we lay eyes on Burt Reynolds‘ truck-driving legend Bo “Bandit” Darville in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, he’s sprawled out in a zebra-striped hammock, lazily napping when ...

Jerry Reed, whose roles in three “Smokey and the Bandit” Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso ...

Burt Reynolds is a true Hollywood legend and Smokey and the Bandit is one of his most iconic films. The 1977 action comedy featured Reynolds as Bo “Bandit” Darville fleeing from Buford T.

Director/stuntman Hal Needham had made his break-out directorial debut 30 years earlier with the blockbuster,Smokey and the Bandit, a movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason ...

The 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit" is largely famous for two reasons: the Pontiac Trans Am driven by the titular Bandit, and the performances of the late Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds as Cledus ...

Smokey and the Bandit' rides again. More than 40 years since the Burt Reynolds feature film launched a franchise, Universal Content Productions is reviving the property for television with a new ...