Cannonball

About Cannonball

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.

Cannonball (1976) is a comedy film directed by Paul Bartel. Released in July 1976, it runs 93 minutes.

Its themes are road movie, on the road, car racing, and driving.

David Carradine takes the lead as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman, Bill McKinney as Cade Redman, Veronica Hamel as Linda Maxwell, and Gerrit Graham as Perman Waters. The screenplay is by Don Simpson and Paul Bartel. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and FlixFling.

North by Northwest, The Wages of Fear, and Taste of Cherry make useful companions to Cannonball. TMDB voters put it at 5.6 out of 10 across 131 votes and it carries a R rating.