Cannonball poster
Screenplay Paul Bartel, Don Simpson
Director Paul Bartel

Cannonball

Tagline: The annual Trans-American outlaw road race - A cross country demolition derby without rules!

Release Date: 1976-07-06

Duration: 93 minutes

Synopsis

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.

Casting

  • Sylvester Stallone
    Mafioso
  • Martin Scorsese
    Mafioso
  • Roger Corman
    District Attorney
  • Veronica Hamel
    Linda Maxwell
  • Joe Dante
    Kid
  • Dick Miller
    Bennie Buckman
  • Bill McKinney
    Cade Redman
  • David Carradine
    Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
  • Mary Woronov
    Sandy Harris
  • James Keach
    Wolfe Messer