The Nun and the Bandit
The Nun and the Bandit is an Australian film directed by Paul Cox.
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 is a 1983 American action comedy film and a sequel to" Smokey and the Bandit"( 1977) and" Smokey and the Bandit II"( 1980), starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick, Mike Henry and Colleen Camp.
The film also includes a cameo near the film's end by the original Bandit, Burt Reynolds.
With the budget of a television movie, which was around twice the budget used for the first part, many action and comedic scenes are rehashes of scenes from the previous two" Smokey and the Bandit" films.
The film received overwhelming negative reviews from critics and audiences alike.
The Bandit Buster
The Bandit Buster is a 1926 American silent film western.
Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Molly Malone, and Lafe McKee.
It was released on December 19, 1926.
The Bandit Trail
The Bandit Trail is a 1941 Western film.
Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action 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".
The film was originally released in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and several other, mainly Commonwealth countries as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again.
Early video releases and TV broadcasts also used this title, but in more recent years most have reverted to the original U.S. title.
It was followed by another sequel three years later," Smokey and the Bandit Part 3"( 1983), in which Reynolds only made a brief cameo appearance, and Sally Field did not appear.
The plot centers on Bo" Bandit" Darville( Burt Reynolds) and Cledus" Snowman" Snow( Jerry Reed), transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention, with Sheriff Buford T. Justice( Jackie Gleason) in hot pursuit once again.
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols( born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian.
He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience.
Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe
The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago.
He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May.
Their live improv act was a hit on Broadway, and the first of their three albums won a Grammy Award.
After Nichols and May disbanded in 1961, he began directing plays, and quickly became known for his innovative productions and ability to elicit polished performances.
His Broadway directing debut was Neil Simon's" Barefoot in the Park" in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.
He next directed" Luv" in 1964, and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play," The Odd Couple".
He received a Tony Award for each of those plays.
In 2012, he won his sixth Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play with a revival of" Death of a Salesman".
Nichols directed and/ or produced more than twenty- five Broadway plays.
In 1966, Warner Brothers invited Nichols to direct his first film," Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
The groundbreaking film inspired some critics to declare Nichols the" new Orson Welles".
It won five Academy Awards( out of 13 nominations), and was the top- grossing film of 1966.
Nichols's next film," The Graduate"( 1967) starred then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross.
It was another critical and financial success, became the highest- grossing film of the year, and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Director.
Among the other films Nichols directed were" Catch- 22"( 1970)," Carnal Knowledge"( 1971)," Silkwood"( 1983)," Working Girl"( 1988)," Wolf"( 1994)," The Birdcage"( 1996)," Closer"( 2004) and" Charlie Wilson's War"( 2007).
Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award( the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and three BAFTA Awards.
His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010.
His films received a total of 42 Academy Award nominations, and seven wins.
He is one of the few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.
Gilda Live
Gilda Live is a 1980 American comedy documentary film starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Lorne Michaels.
Radner and Michaels and all of the writers involved with the production were alumni from the television program" Saturday Night Live".
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry.
The film was the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham.
The film follows Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), two bootleggers, as they attempt to drive from Atlanta to Texarkana, pick up 400 cases of Coors beer, and illegally transport it back to Atlanta in 28 hours or less.
While Snow drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract law enforcement and keep the attention off Snow.
During their run, they are relentlessly pursued by Buford T. Justice (Gleason), a blusterous Texas county sheriff.
"Smokey and the Bandit" was followed by two sequels: "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980) and "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3" (1983).
"Smokey and the Bandit" was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977, second only to "Star Wars", the first film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
Judy Amar
Judy Amar is an American former thief, who committed 400–500 burglaries in the Boca Raton area of South Florida.
Police detectives called her" The Bandit of Boca del Mar."
She was profiled in the TV Series" Masterminds" in the episode" The Bandit Queen."
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe( born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.

Question: Do both films The Bandit Buster and Gilda Live have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: yes