<P> The trip to Texas is mostly uneventful except for at least one pursuing Arkansas State Trooper whom Bandit evades with ease . They reach Texarkana an hour ahead of schedule , load their truck with the beer and head back toward Atlanta . Immediately upon starting the second leg of the run , Bandit picks up runaway bride Carrie ( Sally Field ) , whom he eventually nicknames `` Frog '' because she is `` kinda cute like a frog '' and `` always hoppin ' around '' . But in so doing , Bandit makes himself a target of Texas Sheriff Buford T. Justice ( Jackie Gleason ) , a career lawman whose handsome but slow - witted son Junior ( Mike Henry ) was to have been Carrie 's bridegroom . Ignoring his own jurisdiction , Sheriff Justice , with Junior in tow , chases Bandit all the way to Georgia , even as various mishaps cause his cruiser to disintegrate around them . </P>
<P> The trip to Texas is mostly uneventful except for at least one pursuing Arkansas State Trooper whom Bandit evades with ease . They reach Texarkana an hour ahead of schedule , load their truck with the beer and head back toward Atlanta . Immediately upon starting the second leg of the run , Bandit picks up runaway bride Carrie ( Sally Field ) , whom he eventually nicknames `` Frog '' because she is `` kinda cute like a frog '' and `` always hoppin ' around '' . But in so doing , Bandit makes himself a target of Texas Sheriff Buford T. Justice ( Jackie Gleason ) , a career lawman whose handsome but slow - witted son Junior ( Mike Henry ) was to have been Carrie 's bridegroom . Ignoring his own jurisdiction , Sheriff Justice , with Junior in tow , chases Bandit all the way to Georgia , even as various mishaps cause his cruiser to disintegrate around them . </P>
sheriff 's name in smokey and the bandit
sheriff 's name in smokey and the bandit
Buford T. Justice
Buford T. Justice