Hong Kong Synopsis
“The annual Trans-American outlaw road race – A cross country demolition derby without rules!”
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cannonball itself).
Other Titles From New World Pictures
The 1975–1977 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1975-1977 Hong Kong release window, Cannonball sits at #28 of 38. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cannonball premiered alongside 17 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 33m runtime, production spent $8K per minute on screen and earned $16K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1976.
The 68th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
91 audience reviews — more than 79% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 75th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Cannonball, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- on the road · 4
- driving · 3
- illegal grand prix race · 1
- car racing · 1
- road movie · 16
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #692 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #442 of 516 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | German, English |
| Production Companies | New World Pictures, Cross Country, Harbor Productions, Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | July 6, 1976 |
| IMDb | tt0074279 |