- Originally filmed as Smokey IS the Bandit, with Jackie Gleason playing both Sheriff Buford T. Justice and the Bandit. Most of the film was later re-shot with Jerry Reed taking on the dual role of The Bandit and Cletus.
- USA cable network broadcast an alternate version of this film with additional footage (Jerry and Colleen) and more dialogue. For some reason, all the vocals in these "new" scenes had been overdubbed
- The new scenes added for USA include the following:
- After the Enos' have paid off the Latinos, there's a shot of Buford driving his police car past 3 fishermen on a bridge. One of them casts his line off and ends up catching his line on the fish Buford's got on his roof. The fisherman shouts "Whoa!" to try and stop Buford from driving off with his line, but the car keeps going and ends up dragging all of the fishermen's gear with them.
- One scene comes when Buford runs out of gas. Junior is shown pushing the car up to a gas station pump. Out of breath, he asks an attendant "Can I use your bathroom? I have to go number 1 real bad!". The attendant walks over to Buford's side of the car and makes a remark in Spanish about the fish on his roof. "Just fill the tank Pancho Villa!" Buford says. The attendant obliges. This is followed by a long far away shot of the Enos' caddy driving through a country road and Little Enos saying "Daddy? I feel good! I feel playful!" and Big Enos replying, "Well you sound playful too son!". Then we're back to Buford in the gas station who is polishing up his glasses. Meanwhile 3 masked bandits have held up the place and are running off with money. One of them drops a sack of it and Buford tells him, "Hey good buddy! You dropped your bag!". The bandit grabs it and Buford waves good bye to him. Junior then rushes out to Buford and says, "Hey daddy! Daddy! Did you see those guys?". "Yeah," replies Buford. "There must be a ski resort in town!".
- The scene where Cletus picks up Dusty has extended dialogue between the two of them explaining why Cletus is dressed like the Bandit.
- In the scene with Cletus talking to Mother Trucker, there are different camera angles used in relation to those seen on the Home Video version. Also most of the music is missing.
- There are a few extra shots and different angles of Cletus getting chased by Buford in the construction area.
- There are different angles shown in the scene where Cletus gets food for Dusty at a biker bar.
- One scene is added when the tow truck with Junior hanging on the back rears back out of the alley. We see the Enos' Cadillac is outside as well. The two Enos' are both reading newspapers to cover their faces. Big Enos puts his paper down to grin and say "Looks like Officer Higgins and Tow Truck Charlie are DEFINITELY on the case!" followed by Little Enos lowering his newspaper and humming the theme to Dragnet.
- While at the Come On Inn, many scenes were re-shot and some scenes added to take out the amount of sexual humor and or behavior.
- Once scene has Dusty talking to Cletus in their room with more dialogue such as thanking him in "renewing my faith in the American man".
- When Buford suggests killing "2 possums with 1 rock," there's added dialogue with him asking Junior for a pair of handcuffs.
- One scene shows Buford trying to handcuff who he thinks is the Bandit while in a steam room.
- One scene has the cowgirl; Tina talking sultrily to Buford after he has handcuffed her.
- Buford has more dialogue after Junior tells him if he keeps the key to the handcuffs with him he might lose it. "Junior, with or without the keys, you lost it. You lost it a long time ago!"
- One scene shows Buford, Junior, and Tina trying to get untangled from one another after falling out the steam room window along with Junior trying to lift the fish off of Buford.
- When the Enos' pull out of the parking lot of the hotel, there is a different camera angle.
- There's extended dialogue from Buford while he tells Junior that he's finished being an officer. "There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who are born to be pursuers and those who are born to be pursuees. As long as I can remember, I've always been born to be a pursuer. Lord knows I've caught my share."
- When Cletus crashes through the gate, there's different dialogue.
- The scene where Buford's talking to the Real Bandit played by Burt Reynolds, the scene has been extended greatly.
- There's an extra shot of the Enos' having their picture taken with their fish.
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