Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dick Lowry
Written by	Stuart Birnbaum David Dashev
Based on	Characters by Hal Needham Robert L. Levy
Produced by	Mort Engelberg
Starring	Jackie Gleason Paul Williams Pat McCormick Jerry Reed Mike Henry Colleen Camp
Cinematography	James Pergola
Edited by	David E. Blewitt Byron "Buzz" Brandt Christopher Greenbury
Music by	Larry Cansler
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 12, 1983 (1983-08-12)
Running time	85 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$9 million[1]
Box office	$7 million[2]

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 is a 1983 American action comedy film and a spinoff/legacy sequel to Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). The film is the third and final installment of the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy in the Smokey and the Bandit franchise, starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick, Mike Henry and Colleen Camp. The film also includes a cameo near the end by the original Bandit, Burt Reynolds.

With one of the main titular characters missing, the plot of the film revolves instead around Sheriff Buford T. Justice ("Smokey"), with the presence of the Bandit merely being suggested through him being impersonated by Cledus ("Snowman").

Reviews of Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 were resoundingly negative and the film was a box office bomb, earning only around $7 million against a $9 million budget.