Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Hal Needham, and stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Dom DeLuise. The film is the sequel to the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit.
Big Enos Burdette Pat McCormick is running for Governor of Texas against another candidate, John Coen David Huddleston. After a figurative and literal mudslinging, both are confronted by the outgoing governor John Anderson and given a thorough tonguelashing. Burdette overhears the governor yelling at an assistant to take responsibility for transporting a crate of unknown content from Miami to the Republican Party convention in Dallas. Burdett schemes to deliver the crate to the convention. He enlists Bandit Burt Reynolds and Cledus Jerry Reed to carry out the task.Cledus attempts to convince the Bandit to do it one last time. Unfortunately, in the time since their previous challenge, the Bandit has split from his love interest Carrie aka Frog Sally Field and become an alcoholic. The Bandit is said to be the only man in the world to drink up a Trans Am. Cledus seeks the help of Frog to encourage the Bandit to sober up, since Big Enos has raised the stakes to 400,000, equal to 1,148,788 today. Frog abandons her second attempt at marrying Buford T. Justices Jackie Gleason son Junior Mike Henry. She is initially persuaded more by the money than her love for Bandit. She buys him a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am named Son of Trigger, powered by the Pontiac 301 Turbo, by trading in Juniors car. ........
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