The Cannonball Run
The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action-comedy film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong firm Golden Harvest, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star ensemble cast, including Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Chan, Sammy Davis Junior and Dean Martin. The film is based on the 1979 running of the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an actual cross-country outlaw road race beginning in Connecticut and ending in California.
Plot
Race teams have gathered in Connecticut to start a cross-country car 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.
Cast
- Adrienne Barbeau
- Bianca Jagger
- Burt Reynolds
- Dean Martin
- Dom DeLuise
- Farrah Fawcett
- Fred Smith
- George Furth
- Hal Needham
- Jack Elam
- Jackie Chan
- Jamie Farr
- John Fiedler
- John Megna
- Mel Tillis
- Michael Hui
- Molly Picon
- Peter Fonda
- Rick Aviles
- Robert Tessier
- Roger Moore
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Tara Buckman
- Terry Bradshaw
- Valerie Perrine