The Cannonball Run (1981)
Directed by Hal Needham
An outlaw coast-to-coast car race starts in Connecticut, and a crowd of oddball teams, including two men in a fake ambulance, cheat their way across the country to the Pacific.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Starting line≈ 00:10:00ConnecticutStated on screen
The racers punch the clock one by one and roar off west.
- 2Roadside≈ 00:30:00OhioStated on screen
The fake priests stop the ambulance to 'bless' the patient and let down its tyre.
- 3Police stop≈ 00:40:00MissouriStated on screen
J.J. gets back at them by pointing the police at the 'priests'.
- 4Finish line hotel≈ 01:25:00Redondo Beach, CaliforniaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,088 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 4
- Car: 4,088 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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