"Smokey and the Bandit" director Hal Needham (left) and David Betz, as Sheriff Buford T. Justice, stare each other down in Lincoln in 2013.

That’s a reference to the hilarious 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds as the “Bandit” (his citizen’s band radio handle). The Bandit smuggles a tractor-trailer-load of beer to Georgia from Texas. He is ...

I cannot envision the world where a movie like Smokey And The Bandit—an action-comedy about a famed local driver and his trucker friend tasked with retrieving 400 cases of outlawed Coors beer in ...

Burt Reynolds isn't finished gracing the big screen just yet. AMC Theatres will honor the late acting legend, who died last week at age 82, by bringing the 1977 box-office and cultural smash ...

Pop Culture – Political Reality all rolled into one. But first a little cinematic history for context. The movie Smokey and the Bandit opens with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) of Texas ...

The 1977 action comedy featured Reynolds as Bo “Bandit” Darville fleeing from Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) and attempting to smuggle Coors beer to Atlanta.

From left, Sean Bailey, portraying Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Jay Hernandez, Bryan Ogburn, and Tim Phillips, portraying Bandit, pose for a photo Friday at Smoke Point restaurant in Texarkana, Texas.

You would compare former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County to Sheriff Buford T. Justice in “Smokey and the Bandit.” But that would be insulting to the goober lawman Jackie Gleason played ...

The treasure trove of quotes from the film's tenacious Texas Sherriff Buford T. Justice, who so tirelessly pursues the Bandit in heedless abandon over state lines, elicited nothing short of laugh ...

In this feature article HIGH PERFORMANCE PONTIAC takes a look at this 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans, which is a re-creation of Sheriff Buford T. Justice's Bandit-chasing Pontiac from the Smokey and ...

While this is arguably the most iconic Firebird in history, here are some lesser-known facts about this epic movie car ...

I remember showing up for Smokey and the Bandit 3, and we were staying in houseboats in Florida. Pat came out of his houseboat and said, "This is the best Smokey to work on: I've already been rolled." ...