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Cast
- Burt ReynoldsBobby "Gator" McKlusky
- Jennifer BillingsleyLou
- Ned BeattySheriff J.C. Connors
- Bo HopkinsRay Boone
- Matt ClarkDude Watson
- Louise LathamMartha Culpepper
- Diane LaddMaggie
- R. G. ArmstrongBig Bear
- Conlan CarterDeputy
- Dabbs GreerPa McKlusky
Recommendations
- 75
TV Guide Magazine
Generally regarded as the best of Reynolds good ol' boy films, with fine, sensitive performances by the leads and a wonderful supporting cast. - 70
Variety
Joseph Sargent’s direction is particularly effective in the light and auto-chasing sequences, latter a field day for stunt drivers and occasionally incorporating humorous bits of biz. Reynolds is quite up to all the demands of his smashing role. - 60
The New York Times
A fairly awful movie that keeps producing good things—scenes, performances, moments of insight—that seem connected to better ideas than anything suggested in the film's larger intentions. - 50
Time Out
Everything becomes one long car chase, and in the end it's just a matter of the fat bald bully getting his comeuppance at the hands of the not-so-fat toupeed hero.
