Smokey and the Bandit sponsored a racer in Atlanta's Southern Classic and wants to celebrate in style when he wins. They find local legend Bo "Bandit" Darville at a roadeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta and offer him $80,000 to pick up 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana (the closest place it could be legally sold at that time), and bring it back to Atlanta in 28 hours. Bandit takes the bet and recruits his partner Cledus "Snowman" Snow to drive the truck, while Bandit drives a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on an advance from the Burdettes as a "blocker" to divert attention
Box Car Bandit to the train and gets his hands on the gold bullion. The Gold Bullion eventually turns out be a soup brand and he is turned in to the police by Woody. In his cell, Dooley is served Gold Bullion by Woody which causes the bandit to go crazy. The animation of Dooley going crazy in his cell was reused from Square Shootin' Square. Box Car Bandit Box Car Bandit is the 75th animated cartoon short subject in the "Woody Woodpecker" series. Released theatrically on April 8, 1957, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.