The Cannonball Run 1981

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 95 min

genre: action

theme: action comedy

director: Hal Needham

Score: 5 / 10

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action comedy film. It was directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films, 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 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

More details

author	Brock Yates
contentLocation	Connecticut
director	Hal Needham
editor	Donn Cambern
events	auto race
genre	action comedy
keywords	alter ego ambulance aston martin db5 baby car race catholic priest chevrolet construction worker denver dodge b-series van dodge tradesman donnie allison drive ejection seat evading police ferrari 308 gtb ferrari 308 gts flash fly foot race hawaiian tropic hoss ellington indecent exposure lamborghini countach law enforcement license plate medical treatment nascar new jersey newlywed nothing police officer racing driver rolls-royce silver shadow rush shadow sheikh smoke screen state trooper stock car subaru gl 4wd talk team owner their way ucla van helsing wait wheelie winston cup series
musicBy	Al Capps
nomination	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
producer	Albert S. Ruddy
productionCompany	Orange Sky Golden Harvest
publisher	20th Century Fox HBO Films Star China Media Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Arizona California Georgia
theme	action comedy martial arts road movie