Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writers:

Stuart Birnbaum (writer)
David Dashev (writer)

Release Date:

12 August 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Pull out the stops. To heck with the cops. Someone's making out like a bandit.

Plot:

Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Sequel | Road | Police | Chase

Cast

Jackie Gleason	...	Buford T. Justice
Jerry Reed	...	Cledus Snow / 'Bandit'
Paul Williams	...	Little Enos Burdette
Pat McCormick	...	Big Enos Burdette
Mike Henry	...	Junior Justice
Colleen Camp	...	Dusty Trails
Faith Minton	...	Tina
Burt Reynolds	...	The Real Bandit
Sharon Anderson	...	Police Woman
Silvia Arana	...	Latin Woman
Alan Berger	...	Hippie
Ray Bouchard	...	Purvis R. Beethoven (as Raymond Bouchard)
Connie Brighton	...	Girl #1
Earl Houston Bullock	...	Flagman
Ava Cadell	...	Blonde

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-14 | Spain:T | Australia:M | Canada:14A (video rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Norway:12 | UK:15 (video rating) (2005) | UK:18 (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Clearwater, Florida, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Originally titled "Smokey *is* the Bandit," with 'Gleason, Jackie' playing both the sheriff and the bandit. Test audiences were confused, however, and parts of the film were re-shot with Jerry Reed as the bandit, replacing Gleason.

Goofs:

Continuity: As the "Bandit" and Buford drive into the stunt show, the sign outside the gate says "Mississippi State Fair". The next scene shows that they are actually on the racetrack at Hialeah Speedway in Hialeah Florida.

Quotes:

Buford T. Justice: That is why you gotta have a sixth sense.
Junior: I'd rather have a dime.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Stone & Ed (2008)

One of the best bad movies ever

Call me weird, but I love bad movies. I just get a kick out of seeing what a couple of million dollars really means to Hollywood. In this case, it doesn't mean much. Smokey 3 is one of the biggest stinkers ever produced by a major studio. Besides asking the obvious questions that this movie poses (Why would "The Great One" actually star in this disaster and how could Universal create, release, and advertise this movie and still be able to sleep at night?), you have got to wonder one thing...where in the heck did all of these ramps come from? One example (out of too many to count) is how Jerry Reed (Snowman posing as Bandit) actually jumps his Firebird out of his garage...from a dead stop...huh?? The plot is putrid, the supporting cast is horrible (Jerry Reed used to be lovably annoying as Snowman...all he can do here is utter obnoxious one-liners and triple-speak while hooting and hollering about getting to pretend to be Burt Reynolds), and there is actually a point during all this mess when the pity for Gleason lifts, and you actually want something to fall from the sky onto Buford T. Justice and end it all. But watch this movie...I beg you...this is the worst bad movie ever made, and it is worth the rental money to spend 1 and 1/2 hours being embarrassed for the families and friends of everyone who had a hand in this disaster.