<Li> Ben Jones as Trucker #1 </Li> <Li> Joe Klecko as Trucker #2 </Li> <Li> Hank Worden as Trucker #3 </Li> <P> Director Hal Needham originally planned the film as a low - budget B movie with a production cost of $1 million, with Jerry Reed as the Bandit . It was not until Needham's friend Burt Reynolds read the script, and said he would star, that the film was aimed at a more mainstream release; Reed would now portray Bandit's friend Snowman (Reed would eventually play the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3). At that time Reynolds was the top box office star in the world . In the original script Carrie was called Kate while Big Enos and Little Enos were called Kyle and Dickey . Bandit's car was a second generation Ford Mustang and the prize for completing the run was a new truck rather than $80,000 . </P>

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