Frank Sinatra's cameo was his final acting role in a theatrical movie. He would guest star on an episode of Magnum, P.I. (1987), as well as Who's the Boss (1989) and Daddy Dearest (1993), which were his final acting roles.
According to Hal Needham, the day Frank Sinatra showed up on-location to shoot his scene in the Dodge Daytona Turbo, talking to Blake (Dean Martin) and Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis, Jr.), almost every cast member (even those who did not have a call to be on-set that day) came on-set to see Sinatra, Davis, Martin (and honorary Rat Pack member Shirley MacLaine) reunite and reminisce.
Final of the 1970s to 1980s action car stunt comedies for Burt Reynolds. These films included the Smokey And The Bandit and The Cannonball Run films, as well as Stroker Ace (1983) and Hooper (1978).
Frank Sinatra received second top billing (after Burt Reynolds in the closing credits), even though he only had a small cameo role, and appeared in only two sequences.
The 1984 Dodge Daytona Turbo Frank Sinatra is driving in the race, was one of Frank's personal vehicles he owned.
Frank Sinatra: Sinatra made a cameo appearance in this movie after listening to Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. go on and on about how much fun they had during The Cannonball Run (1981) (according to Director Hal Needham in The Cannonball Run (1981)'s DVD commentary).