[2] It stars Henry Fonda,[2] Eileen Brennan, John Byner, Dub Taylor and Daina House.

He visits his old friend Penelope, who suggests that she and her girls head east with John and Beebo, helping them to earn money along the way.

En route in Missouri, they are ambushed by Harley Davidson, a renegade country cop who throws them all in jail and awaits the photographers for his moment of fame.

The journalist gives them radio time and encourages them to run the growing blockade, naming them "Elegant John and the Sweet Mystery Six".

The Great Smokey Roadblock was previewed on February 3, 1978, in Texas, and had its premiere in Cincinnati on April 12, 1978, before opening in other states.