The Cannonball Run (1981)

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" Featuring way too many cameos, to count, this comedy movie brings Burt Reynolds, Sir Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out, and very much illegal, competition that has grown to legendary"

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"7.6/10"

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"Released on June 19, 1981 Produced by Golden Harvest "

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"Critics felt that Cannonball Run casted a bevy of famous faces as its wacky racers but forgets to give them characters to play, resulting in 90 dull minutes that feel like a marathon. My thoughts: It has it’s moments, but it’s not actually all that funny. If you liked it great, but I didn’t really love all that much."

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"After Burt Reynolds starting cashing in his first fast car franchise of Smokey and The Bandit, he followed it up with the Cannonball Ball series. While I personally don't feel that CB is as good as S&tB, for it's time, these cross-country-race films were the standard fare of the summer season back in the late 70's and early 80's. So maybe, having this movie on the list is due to a case of childhood nostalgia more than anything else, but if you kids wanna see what we old-timers watched back in th"

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"Stuntwoman Heidi von Beltz was left a paraplegic after being thrown from her car during a crash."

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