Smokey Bites the Dust

Oct 1, 1981

1h 27m

★ 2.2

JIMMY MCNICHOL - he's wild, he's nervy, he's a one man demolition derby!

Overview

Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

New World Pictures

Brent Walker Film Productions

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Cast

Roscoe Wilton

Jimmy McNichol

Peggy Sue Turner

Janet Julian

Sheriff Turner

Walter Barnes

Lester

Patrick Campbell

Cindy

Kari Lizer

Harold

John Blyth Barrymore

Deputy Bentley

Kedric Wolfe

Kenny

William Forsythe

Sheriff Lamar

Charles Howerton

Abu Habib Bibubu

Mel Welles

Tall Arab

Michael Greene

Short Arab

Don Corey

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