, 1h34 Directed byJim Drake, Jim Drake OriginCanada GenresComedy, Action ThemesSports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies ActorsJohn Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Donna Dixon, Matt Frewer, Shari Belafonte Rating44% An assortment of people gather at a countryside inn in preparation for the infamous "Cannonball Run," an illegal three-day cross-country race from Washington, D.C. to Santa Monica where the winner and five runners-up will receive $1 million. However, the hot-headed Washington chief of police Spiro T. Edsel (Peter Boyle), along with his long-suffering sidekick Whitman (Don Lake), arrests all of the drivers to prevent the race from happening. As a result, sponsors must find replacement drivers by the next day.