Smokey Bites the Dust

Smokey Bites the Dust

JIMMY MCNICHOL - he's wild, he's nervy, he's a one man demolition derby!

PG 1981 · 87 min · ★ 2.8 · Action, Comedy, Romance

Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.

Directed by Charles B. Griffith · Written by Max Apple

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Jimmy McNichol Roscoe Wilton
Janet Julian Peggy Sue Turner
Walter Barnes Sheriff Turner
Patrick Campbell Lester
Kari Lizer Cindy
John Blyth Barrymore Harold
Kedric Wolfe Deputy Bentley
William Forsythe Kenny
Charles Howerton Sheriff Lamar
Mel Welles Abu Habib Bibubu
Michael Greene Tall Arab
Don Corey Short Arab

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