Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
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| Directed by | Dick Lowry |
| Written by | Stuart Birnbaum David Dashev |
| Based on | Characters by
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| Produced by | Mort Engelberg |
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| Cinematography | James Pergola |
| Edited by | David E. Blewitt Byron "Buzz" Brandt Christopher Greenbury |
| Music by | Larry Cansler |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $7 million |
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (also known as Smokey and the Bandit III) is a 1983 American action comedy film, serving as a spin-off and 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.