The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 comedy film about a wide variety of eccentric competitors who participate in a wild and illegal cross-country car race. Directed by Hal Needham. Written by Brock Yates. You'll root for them all...but you'll never guess who wins. Organizer Of course you know certain skeptics note that perhaps 10,000 of the nations' most elite highway patrolmen are out there waiting for us after we start, but let's stay positively: Think of the fact that there's not one state in the 50 that has the death penalty for speeding... although I'm not so sure about Ohio. Dialogue Fenderbaum: We've got a secret weapon. God is our co-pilot! The Geek: You'll need him! Jamie Blake: *God* is our co-pilot? Fenderbaum: Uh huh... Jamie Blake: Remember our car? Fenderbaum: Uh huh... Jamie Blake: Two seats? Fenderbaum: Two seats... Jamie Blake: Where's he gonna sit? [smack] Where's he gonna sit? [smack] Fenderbaum: Why'd he call me Shorty? Jamie Blake: 'Cause you're small. Small. S - M - all. The Sheik: My driving is rivaled only by the lightning bolts from the heavens! [thunder crashes] Shiek's Sister: So you still intend to enter the race with the infidel Americans? The Sheik: The Cannonball will fall to the forces of Islam! [thunder crashes] My dear sister! I swear it! Mr. Foyt: Terrorists my dimpled ass! These people make terrorists look like the Sisters of Charity! These guys are Cannonballers! Pamela Glover: What is that? A bowling team? Mr. Foyt: Well, how do you all feel now you have raped the American highways? J.J. McClure: Beautiful! J.J. McClure: Thanks to you, Victor, we do not have a female patient in the back. Victor Prinsi: Well, it's not my fault that she didn't fit in the stretcher! J.J. McClure: She doesn't fit in the AMBULANCE! [finding the men's room locked, Van Helsing follows Pamela into the women's room] Pamela Glover: Wait a minute, you can't come in here. Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing: Madam, not to be indelicate but in my profession; if you've seen one, you've seen them all. Pamela Glover: Oh, okay. Fenderbaum: [Fenderbaum and Blake's Ferrari drives alongside J.J.'s ambulance] Pull over! We want to give you our blessing! Victor Prinsi: J.J., there are two priest in that car. They want us to pull over. J.J. McClure: Victor, that's two priests driving a Ferrari. When's the last time you saw two priests drive a Ferrari? What are they doing, taking home the bingo money? Victor Prinsi: No, they're doing the work of the Lord. In a Ferrari, they can just do it faster. Fenderbaum: [noticing Blake acting oddly at bar] What is it? Jamie Blake: Look at the chicks! Boy, if they were Methodists, what a shot we could have had of getting laid right here. [guy at bar overhearing spits his drink out] Cast Burt Reynolds - J.J. McClure Dom DeLuise - Victor Prinzi Roger Moore - Seymour Goldfarb, Jr. Farrah Fawcett - Pamela Glover Dean Martin - Jamie Blake Sammy Davis Jr. - Fenderbaum George Furth - Arthur J. Foyt Jackie Chan - Mitsubishi Driver #1 Jamie Farr - Sheik Abdul ben Falafel Terry Bradshaw - Terry Mel Tillis - Mel Adrienne Barbeau - Marcie Thatcher Tara Buckman - Jill Rivers Peter Fonda - Chief Biker Bert Convy - Bradford Compton Jack Elam - Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing Rick Aviles - Mad Dog John Fiedler - the desk clerk Joe Klecko - the Polish driver Brock Yates - the race organizer Hal Needham - the ambulance EMT (uncredited) Ken Squier - a California Highway Patrolman External links 0082136 The Cannonball Run cannonball_run The Cannonball Run Category:1981 films Category:Hong Kong films Category:American chase films Category:Road comedy films Category:Films directed by Hal Needham Category:1981 American films Category:1981 English-language films Category:American action comedy films Category:American auto racing films Category:Films set in Connecticut