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Cannonball

Play trailer Poster for Cannonball PG,  1976,  1h 33m,  Action Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 35% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman (Bill McKinney), his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004
1/4
It tries for the greatest realism in its obligatory shots of gas tanks exploding, and yet includes such absurdities as a local news helicopter that tracks all of the competitors all the way from LA to New York. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jan 23, 2024
2/5
... the bloodshed sits uneasily with the silly comedy, and the idea of a road race in which dozens of people die is a conundrum the film’s lightweight resolution fails to address. ... Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 12, 2005
2/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette May 6, 2005
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Paul Bartel

Director

David Carradine

Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman

Bill McKinney

Cade Redman

Veronica Hamel

Linda Maxwell

Gerrit Graham

Perman Waters

Robert Carradine

Jim Crandell

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Cannonball

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Movie Info

Synopsis Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman (Bill McKinney), his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Director
Paul Bartel
Producer
Samuel W. Gelfman
Screenwriter
Paul Bartel, Don Simpson
Distributor
New World Pictures
Production Co
Shaw Brothers, Cross Country Productions, Harbor Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 6, 1976, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 33m
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