See also Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash Cannonball Run II comedy film featuring Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest. Like the original Cannonball Run, it is a set around an illegal cross-country race. The film received eight Golden Raspberry Award nominations at the 1984 Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Actress, but no wins. This was the last of the "formula" comedies for Reynolds. It is also marked the final feature film appearances of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Their... appearances, coupled with those of Sammy Davis, Jr. and Shirley MacLaine, marked the final on-screen appearance of the old Rat Pack team. Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul Ben Falafel is ordered by his father to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to "emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world." When Sheik Abdul points out that there is no Cannonball Run that year, his father simply tells him to "buy one.
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| Release date: | June 29, 1984 |
| Directed by: | Hal Needham |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Raymond Chow, Albert Ruddy |
| Screenplay by: | Hal Needham, Harvey Miller, Albert Ruddy |
| Estimated budget: | $39,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action, Adventure |