Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

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: The great white shark logo for Enos Fish & Chips has Enos spelled as Enis.

Quotes:

Buford T. Justice: I've said it before and I'll say it again. There is no way, no way that you could come from my loins. Soon as we get home, I'm gonna put a lump on your mama's head.

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

Absolutely sucked...

This absolutely sucked...and I'm still wondering how in the world it got a PG rating. The first Smokey was great, and the second one was still pretty good...better than most sequels anyway. I thought that Smokey 3 would be a fun movie simply because of the first two. I am also very pleased to know that Burt Reynolds had no part in this film; if he did, I would be ashamed. What really got me though was all the nudity and sexuality. It was completely ridiculous and could have been completely taken out of the movie, and you wouldn't have missed a thing. Unfortunately, it appears that Smokey and the Bandit too had become subject to the raunchy sexuality of the times. It truly was a waste of my time, and I wish it had never been made.