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Quick Info

Rating

5.5/10

Release1976

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

Budget$780,000

Revenue$1,500,000

Production

New World Pictures

Cross Country

Harbor Productions

Shaw Brothers

Movie

Cannonball

1976

1h 33m

5.5

Action

Comedy

Synopsis

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman 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, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.

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