The Cannonball Run
1981 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 41,605 VOTES · DIR. Hal Needham
Overview
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,314 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:57 What do you say when there are no words
00:04:33 Then he ate his treadmill.
00:08:12 Ice cream truck! An ice cream truck!
00:11:59 How far is it to the hospital?
00:17:21 All right? Let's go get a beer first.
00:20:28 Man, I can't handle this traffic.
00:23:47 He gets very upset when he talks to him.
00:27:12 I'm into trees. Have you ever heard of joyce Kilmer?
00:30:00 Hey, I don't think it's the throttle. I think it's the clutch!
00:34:19 Get me Dr. Frankenstein. Just get me a doctor.
00:37:50 How about just one of you?
00:41:24 Thanks to you, Victor, we do not have a female patient in the back...
00:45:21 for a little indiscretion...
00:49:00 Let me explain something to you. We have to get the senator's wife...
00:52:22 She's alive.
00:55:44 You might say a legend in my own time... in fact, you can.
00:59:46 He's been locked up for six years in that monastery...
01:02:23 You made me forget my favorite skirt back at the motel.
01:06:18 That's the first time we took an order by phone.
01:09:50 Yes, Officer.
01:15:28 Albert Schweitzer!
01:19:07 I must warn you, I'm Roger Moore.
01:24:48 Take it and win, Captain!
01:28:59 Okay, I'm ready now.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,314
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:57
Final line01:28:59
Production Record
DirectorHal Needham
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue$72,179,579
IMDb votes41,605