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TIL Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) was first made as Smokey IS the Bandit, where Jackie Gleason played a dual role of both Sheriff Justice and a new Bandit character, effectively chasing himself. Confusion from test audiences made them reshoot the movie with Jerry Reed as the new Bandit.

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