It turned out to be a top grossing film that year, along with "Star Wars," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Saturday Night Fever." Justice, aka "Smokey," (played by Jackie Gleason).Ī chase ensues with a bride on the run. En route, Bo "Bandit" Darville (played by Burt Reynolds) picks up a pretty hitchhiker (played by Sally Field) who refuses to marry the son of Sheriff Buford T. The 1977 action romance is about a guy who makes a Coors beer run from Texas to Georgia within 28 hours. By comparison, the top Camaro of the same year - a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - is worth $22,000 in the current market.” “In the current market, a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am Special Edition - similar to what Burt Reynolds drove in the film - is worth $76,000. "We specifically refer to late second-generation Trans Ams as the '“Smokey and the Bandit'-era Trans Am.” “Without a doubt, the popularity of late ‘70s Pontiac Trans Ams is due to its prominent role in the 'Smokey and the Bandit' film," said Jonathan Klinger, spokesman for Hagerty, which specializes in classic car valuation and insurance. Watch Video: Remembering the legendary Burt Reynoldsīurt Reynolds will always be remembered for the high-speed chase scenes in “Smokey and the Bandit.”Īnd those images directly impacted the car industry.
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