the cast of the smokey and the bandit movies

I thought, 'What a good idea bootleg a little Coors, get in a truck, lots of fast cars and a lot of cops chasin' em.'

I said, 'What on Earth are you doing?' She said, 'Well, you can't buy Coors down here and my boyfriend really likes it, so I was just takin' it home to him.' Then she told me the story about how she couldn't buy Coors east of the Mississippi, so I just gave her both cases and said, 'Thank you very much.' That gave me the idea for Smokey and the Bandit. Finally, I set a trap and caught the maid stealin' my Coors beer. They'd disappear one or two at a time, so I kept replacing them. So I stuffed six bottles in the fridge and went about my business. Can I put a couple cases in your room?' I don't drink beer, but I said OK. Talk to the people and they'll tell you, 'Yeah, we used to make a Coors run every weekend across the border.' Anyway, the driver captain came down, and he said, 'Hey Hal, I bought some Coors. Stories about smuggling Coors beer are legendary. Hal Needham: I was down in Georgia with Burt, working on Gator, and at that time, you could not buy Coors beer east of the Mississippi.

The cast of the smokey and the bandit movies