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 ...

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 ...