The Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana - the closest place it can be legally sold - and haul it cross-country to Atlanta in 28 hours. The reward? $80, 000! The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed! The reason? A Texas Sheriff, Buford T. Justice, becomes maniacally obsessed with apprehending the Bandit when he joins forces with Smokey's son's runway bride.