The movie takes place in "Buford County", "Buford T. Justice" was the name of Jackie Gleason's character in the original movies.
Ami Dolenz guest starred in an episode of the tv series Superboy based on the DC comic character along with Gerard Christopher who played the title role.
Final film of Mary Ann Mobley.
Brian Bloom, Jon Schneider, and Gerald Christopher were in the DC Comic based television or animated series. Brian provided the voice of Superman evil counterpart Ultraman in the animated movie Justice League: Crisis of Two Earths. John Schneider played the adopted father of a young Clark Kent in Smallville. And speaking of a young Clark Kent, Gerald played Superboy in the title of the same name.
A radio host refers to the Bandit as a "modern day Robin Hood," a description the Bandit humorously scoffs at. The film co-stars John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard. Bo and his cousin Luke were described as "two modern day Robin Hoods" in the lyrics to the show's theme song.