The Cannonball Run (1981)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 20
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 4
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Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham team up for the fourth time, this time bringing an all-star cast of characters on a cross-country car race in the vein of 1976 release The Gumball Rally. The police are the least of the Cannonballers' worries as they push the pedal to the metal in a race from Connecticut to California. Reynolds stars as J.J. McClure, a speed-loving racer disguised as an ambulance driver to outsmart the police. He is paired up with Dom Deluise, who plays his dimwitted
Jun 19, 1981 Wide
Jun 5, 2001
20th Century Fox
Cast
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Burt Reynolds
J.J. McClure -
Roger Moore
Seymour -
Farrah Fawcett
Pamela -
Dom DeLuise
Victor -
Dean Martin
Jamie Blake -
Sammy Davis Jr.
Fenderbaum -
Jack Elam
Doctor -
Adrienne Barbeau
Marcie -
Terry Bradshaw
Terry -
Jackie Chan
Subaru Driver #1 -
Bert Convy
Brad -
Jamie Farr
Sheik -
Peter Fonda
Chief Biker -
George Furth
A.F. Foyt -
Michael Hui
Subaru Driver #2 -
Bianca Jagger
Sheik's Sister -
Molly Picon
Mom Goldfarb -
Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder
The Greek -
Mel Tillis
Mel -
Rick Aviles
Mad Dog -
Warren Berlinger
Shakey Finch -
Tara Buckman
Jill -
Lois Areno
Seymour's Girl -
Norman Grabowski
Petoski -
Lois Hamilton
Seymour's Girl (Spike) -
Joe KJecko
Racing Driver -
Linda McClure
Dour Lady -
John Megna
Arthur Rose -
Dudley Remus
New Jersey Patrolman 1 -
Laura Lizer Sommers
Lady in Distress -
Roy Tatum
Connecticut Patrolman -
Robert Tessier
Biker -
Alfie Wise
Barman -
John Fiedler
Desk Clerk -
Fred Smith
Californian Patrolman 1 -
Brock Yates
Organizer -
Johnny Yune
TV Talk Show Host -
Richard Losee
Trans Am Driver -
Susan McDonald
Seymour's Girl -
Jimmy Lewis
Missouri Patrolman 1 -
Kathleen M. Shea
Starting Girl -
Grayce Spence
Chair Person
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All Critics (29) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (20) | DVD (7)
Full of terribly inside showbiz jokes and populated by what could be called Burt and Hal's Rat Pack, film takes place in that redneck never-never land where most of the guys are beer-guzzling good ole boys and all the gals are fabulously built tootsies.
The last five minutes, when they show out-takes of flubbed lines, etc, are hysterical. The rest is strictly for those willing to pay for a series of TV chat show performances.
Top CriticThe Cannonball Run is an abdication of artistic responsibility at the lowest possible level of ambition. In other words, they didn't even care enough to make a good lousy movie.
Inoffensive and sometimes funny.
Harmless entertainment at its most commercial and least artistic, offering some fun spotting the stars in cameos
Nonsense but fun nevertheless with a crazy ensemble cast of celebrities of the era.
This wholly derivative car-chase movie provides a flimsy excuse for good ol' boy Burt Reynolds to cavort on-screen with a cast that's chock-full of familiar faces.
Amiable, lightweight fun. Captain Chaos saves the day.
My review at the time of release heralded this as, 'Wow! Whatta movie!' -- I am now officially amending that to: 'Wow! Amusing junk!'
It doesn't get any better or BIGGER than this
If it wasn't for the blooper reel at the end, this would get no stars.
A total waste of time.
AAA calculates better road trips.
evokes another age before The Fast and the Furious and NASCAR replaced the fun in racing with, respectively, death and science
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Foreign Titles
- Auf dem Highway ist die Hölle los (DE)
