The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 film comedy, one of several movies inspired by the real life unsanctioned amateur Cannonball Run races which began in 1971. Both it and the 1983 sequel Cannonball Run II feature an all-star cast playing motley wacky racers competing to win, as well as director Hal Needham's trademark emphasis on stunts and vehicular slapstick.
Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest produced the movies (with Jackie Chan appearing in both). The Cannonball Run was also notable for the blooper reel included in the end credits. While Needham had used it in two earlier movies (and in the sequel), it caught critical notice and would become a recurring practice in film and television (including select episodes of Muppets Tonight).
==References==
* "Cannonball! Run!" is one of the buccaneering film titles in Long Joel Silver's Movies for the Marooned box set (from episode 28 of From the Balcony).
==Connections==
*Tim Conway played CHP #1 in the sequel
*Tony Danza played Tony in the sequel
*Dom DeLuise played Victor
*Jamie Farr played Sheik Abdul ben Falafel
*Arte Johnson played a pilot in the sequel
*Don Knotts played CHP #2 in the sequel
*Roger Moore played Seymour Goldfarb
*Jim Nabors played Homer Lyle in the sequel
*Valerie Perrine played a highway patrol officer
*Telly Savalas played Hymie Kaplan in the sequel
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