Editing Cannonball Run II (section)

==Production==
[[Jaclyn Smith]] was originally meant to be the female lead but dropped out. Needham said that Smith was worried about his improvisational style: "I think she was scared to death to be up there against Burt and Dom. I don't want someone on the set that's gonna be that scared. So we went somewhere else".<ref name="hal"/> She was replaced by Shirley Maclaine.<ref name="hal"/>

Frank Sinatra agreed to do a cameo at the suggestion of Davis and Martin. Needham wrote three versions of the script for him, ones where he would either work a week, two days, or a day. He picked the latter. He was paid $30,000 which he donated to charity.<ref name="hal"/> It was the first film he had made in three years and the first time he had reunited with Rat Pack members professionally or personally in three years. Needham says he turned up half an hour early and did his scene with minimal fuss.<ref name="los">{{cite news | title= 'Sir' Frank Drops in on the Rat Pack | last= Markfield | first= Alan | work= Los Angeles Times | date= 17 July 1983 | page= R3}}</ref>

Part of the film was shot near [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Arizona]].<ref name="hal"/> To show the momentum of the race, the producers commissioned [[Ralph Bakshi]] to animate a [[cartoon]] sequence for the finale.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://variety.com/1983/film/reviews/cannonball-run-ii-1200426126/|title=Cannonball Run II|work=Variety| date=December 31, 1983}}</ref>