| Bandit: Bandit Goes Country | |
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 BANDIT GOES COUNTRY poster | |
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Directed by |
HAL NEEDHAM |
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Written by |
HAL NEEDHAM (Characters and Story) ROBERT L. LEVY (Characters) CHRIS ABBOT (story and teleplay) |
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Starring |
BRIAN BLOOM BRIAN KRAUSE CHRISTOPHER ATKINS ELIZABETH BERKLEY CHARLES NELSON REILLY and MEL TILLIS |
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Distributed by |
UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
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Based on the Smokey and the Bandit films of |
HAL NEEDHAM |
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Music by |
STEVE DORFF |
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Followed by |
BANDIT: BEAUTY AND THE BANDIT |
Bandit Goes Country is the first in a series of four television movies entitled Bandit, spin-offs of Smokey and the Bandit. It first aired 30 Jan 1994.
Brian Bloom portrays Bandit in this series, though none of the other original characters are portrayed. As with the original, it was directed by Hal Needham.
Summary
Bandit goes home for a family reunion. Along the way, he meets music star Mel Tillis, who was forced to make an emergency landing when his plane was malfunctioning. Bandit helps Mel and gets into the music bootlegging business.
Cast
Brian Bloom as The Bandit
Brian Krause as Llyn
Christopher Atkins as Johnny Bruce
Elizabeth Berkley as Beth
Charles Nelson Reilly as Teach
and Mel Tillis as himself
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