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Smokey Bites the Dust

Smokey Bites the Dust

1981Movie⏱️ 1h 27mPG
ActionComedyRomance
3.6
IMDB Rating
401 votes

This movie follows the rivalry between a small-town southern sheriff and a small-town teenaged thief who steals cars and destroys them with the sheriff's daughter by his side.

Director
Charles B. Griffith
Writers
Max Apple, Brian Williams
Stars
Jimmy McNichol, Janet Julian, Walter Barnes
Release Date
October 30, 1981
Language
English, Arabic
Country
United States
💬 14
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Jimmy McNichol
as Roscoe Wilton
Janet Julian
Janet Julian
as Peggy Sue Turner
Walter Barnes
Walter Barnes
as Sheriff Turner
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Patrick Campbell
as Lester
Kari Lizer
Kari Lizer
as Cindy
John Blyth Barrymore
John Blyth Barrymore
as Harold
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Kedric Wolfe
as Deputy Bentley
William Forsythe
William Forsythe
as Kenny
Charles Howerton
Charles Howerton
as Sheriff Bleed
Mel Welles
Mel Welles
as Abu Habib Bibubu

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Filming Location
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
New World Pictures, Brent Walker Film Productions

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ParodySlapstickActionComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Late Night Action Screwball Feast!
by TobaccoSmoke2019-03-10

"People who rated this down do not know the appeal of loony b-movies. "Smokey Bites The Dust" is for those who appreciate watching a wild escapade while drinking brews and relaxing after an intense week. Plenty of car chases, but what I dig the most are all the rules this movie breaks. You even have a young boy and girl smoking cigarettes by conning people, even police. I don't care what any do-gooder millennial says, it's pretty damn funny! Also, the perfectly laid-back 70's aura drew me in, especially since I'm a 70's junkie (I grew up in that decade). Oh, a..."

💡 Did You Know?

The names of the four previous 1970s Roger Corman produced New World Pictures productions that this movie featured scenes from, which were mainly action car stunt sequences, and functioned as a form of stock footage in a sense for the film, were two titles from 1976 and two titles from 1977, they being [in approx. order]: Eat My Dust (1976), Moving Violation (1976), Thunder and Lightning (1977) and Grand Theft Auto (1977).

📖 Synopsis

This movie follows the rivalry between a small-town southern sheriff and a small-town teenaged thief who steals cars and destroys them with the sheriff's daughter by his side.