Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 films. Big Enos and Little Enos offer retiring Sheriff Buford T. Justice a wager, betting $250,000 against his badge on his ability to transport a large stuffed fish from Florida to Texas. Buford picks up the fish and starts driving with his son, Junior. The Enoses set many traps, but Buford dodges them, so they try to hire the Bandit to stop him. Deciding that the original Bandit is too hard to manage, they hire the Snowman to act as the Bandit. The new Snowman/Bandit parks his truck so he can drive a black and gold 1983 Pontiac Trans Am.
Smokey and the Bandit Dukes of Hazzard" (1979-1985), from the same creator and with many identical settings and concepts, the popularity of "Smokey and the Bandit" and similar films helped get the "Dukes" series on the air. Three actors from the main cast of "The Dukes of Hazzard" appear in small uncredited roles in "Smokey and the Bandit": Ben Jones, John Schneider and Sonny Shroyer (who played a police officer in both). In return, Reynolds portrayed the "Dukes" character Boss Hogg (originally portrayed by Sorrell Booke) in the film adaptation "The Dukes of Hazzard" (2005). Reynolds is also referenced by name in several early