
He then tells her that he has not yet taken Charlotte to Dallas, but they can still make it. When he sees Charlotte in tears, Bandit finally comes to his senses and apologizes.īandit later finds Carrie and tells her that he likes himself now, and that he does not want to be without her. Bandit is ready to load them both back up in the truck, but Cledus refuses and then knocks Bandit down when he insults him. Two of the trucks pull away, resulting in Gaylord and Reggie's cruisers crashing in the ensuing gap before they can cross, but Buford is still in pursuit, though his cruiser is barely functioning.Ĭledus begs Bandit to stop at a safari reserve, where Charlotte finally gives birth to her baby. The two escape by crossing a makeshift trailer bridge with Buford and his brothers in pursuit. Bandit orders Cledus to get to Dallas, but he enlists a large convoy of his trucker pals and comes to Bandit's rescue instead, wrecking nearly all of the cruisers in a giant demolition derby while Doc and Charlotte watch from the sidelines. Later, as Bandit and Cledus enter Texas, Buford lures the Bandit into a trap: a mass of 40 Texas Patrol and Mountie cruisers pursuing him across a desert basin. Later that night, a drunken Bandit makes his drawing a reality, and Doc agrees that his idea will work.īuford decides to call for help from his brothers Reggie, a Mountie Sergeant in Quebec, and Gaylord, an effeminate Texas State Patrolman. When Carrie sees Bandit scribbling on a napkin a picture of Charlotte cradled by suspended netting to keep her off her feet, she angrily leaves, but not before telling Bandit that she will come back only when he likes himself again. Cledus decides they all need a break and they go to a nearby nightclub where Don Williams is headlining. Entering Louisiana, Doc says that Charlotte is almost in labor and needs to be off her feet.

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Moments later, an ambulance pulls in with an Italian gynecologist in the back "Doc" is initially reluctant to help, but when his ambulance driver speeds away unknowingly leaving him stranded, he asks to hitch a ride with them, agreeing to watch Charlotte.ĭoc later finds that Charlotte is pregnant and due to give birth any time, but Bandit is determined to stay on schedule.

En route, they stop at a remote fuel station and notice something wrong with Charlotte. Soon after they start off for Dallas, they are accosted for the first of several times by Sheriff Justice, but Bandit outwits him and they escape. When Bandit removes a splinter from Charlotte's foot, she takes a liking to him. mascot) which Cledus names "Charlotte" after his aunt. They return late that night to steal it, only to find the "package" is a live elephant (the G.O.P. The three arrive at the pier in Miami only to find out the manifest is quarantined for three weeks. She then trades in Junior's car for a new Trans Am. Though she still has feelings for Bandit, when Carrie arrives she initially intones she is only in it for the money, and she and Cledus work on getting Bandit off the booze and back into shape. Cledus is ecstatic, but Bandit begins to miss Carrie.Ĭledus calls Carrie, who is back in Texarkana and again about to marry Junior when Cledus calls offering her $50,000 to help out she agrees and again becomes a runaway bride. Cledus accepts on Bandit's behalf, but adds that Big Enos should give them half in advance, to which they agree.

Cledus takes the Burdettes to Bandit to make the offer in person, but Bandit has become a heavy drinker since breaking up with Carrie ("Frog"), and is drunk when the Burdettes arrive and double the payoff to $400,000. Burdette schemes to earn the governor's endorsement and have the crate delivered to the convention in his name, and tracks down Cledus "Snowman" Snow and offers him and Bo "Bandit" Darville $200,000 to do the run.

After failing to get the outgoing governor's endorsement, Big Enos overhears him on the phone ordering a crate in Miami to be delivered in nine days to the Republican National Convention in Dallas. Big Enos Burdette is in a literal mudslinging campaign against John Conn for Governor of Texas.
