# Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Action, Comedy
**Directed by**: Hal Needham
**Written by**: Brock Yates, Jerry Belson, Michael Kane
**Starring**: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Mike Henry

> *The Bandit is back and better than ever!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently someone thought one cross-country romp was not enough. The Bandit hauls an elephant from Florida to Texas. Justice pursues, again.

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