---
title: 'The Cannonball Run (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hal Needham'
released: '1981-06-19'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'PG'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cannonball-run-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082136/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cannonball Run (1981)

1981 · PG · 95 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action-comedy film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong firm Golden Harvest, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star ensemble cast, including Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Chan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. The film is based on the 1979 running of the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an actual cross-country outlaw road race beginning in Connecticut and ending in California.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hal Needham](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-needham)
- **Screenplay:** [Brock Yates](https://cinepixo.com/people/brock-yates)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Al Capps](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-capps)
- **Producer:** [Albert S. Ruddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-s-ruddy), [Raymond Chow](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-chow)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael C. Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-c-butler)
- **Editor:** [Donn Cambern](https://cinepixo.com/people/donn-cambern)

## Cast

- [Mel Tillis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-tillis)
- [Rick Aviles](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-aviles)
- [Jamie Farr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-farr)
- [Burt Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-reynolds)
- [Peter Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-fonda)
- [Michael Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hui)
- [Valerie Perrine](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-perrine)
- [Hal Needham](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-needham)
- [Adrienne Barbeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-barbeau)
- [Tara Buckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tara-buckman)
- [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise)
- [Dean Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-martin)
- [George Furth](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-furth)
- [Farrah Fawcett](https://cinepixo.com/people/farrah-fawcett)
- [Roger Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-moore) as Seymour

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