Main Cast: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed
Release Year: 1983
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Although penned by the same screenwriter, David S. Ward, this sequel to The Sting (1973) is tarnished by comparisons to its predecessor. Jackie Gleason fills the shoes of Paul Newman as Harry Gondorff and Mac Davis slips into the Robert Redford role of Johnny Hooker, two con men pals whose latest "sting" involves Hooker pretending to be a down on his luck boxer. Their goal is the fixing of a prizefight, which will rook a tacky nightclub owner (Karl Malden) out of a fortune while simultaneously getting revenge on their old nemesis, Doyle Lonnegan (Oliver Reed). On their side is Veronica (Teri Garr), a seasoned scam artist, but what Gondorff and Hooker don't know is that Lonnegan is manipulating events behind the scenes. Director Jeremy Paul Kagan followed up this terribly unfunny and inferior sequel with the much better received The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), while Ward became a director of such comedies as Major League (1989) and King Ralph (1991). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Bert Remsen - Kid Colors; Michael Alldredge - Big Ohio; Val Avery - O'Malley; Ben Baker - Pyle; Frances Bergen - Lady Dorsett; Terri Berland - O'Malley's Girl; Larry Bishop - Gallecher; Bill Caplan - Ring Announcer; Sidney Clute - Ticket Clerk; Dan Dalton - Messenger; Danny Dayton - Ring Announcer; Hank Garrett - Cab Driver; Tony Giorgio - Macalinski's Man, Rossovich; Larry Hankin - Handicap; Harry James - Bandleader; Jill Jaress - Gertie; Monica Lewis - Band Singer; Frank McCarthy - Lonnegan's Thug; Bob O'Connell - Clancy; Woodrow Parfrey - Georgie; Rex Pierson - Healy; Michael Raden - Fighter; Ron Rifkin - Eddie; Tim Rossovich - Typhoon Taylor; Ron Stein - Macalinski's Guard, Grimes; Kathalina Veniero - Blonde with Kid Colors; Carl Gottlieb - Maitre d'; Bob Minor - Savitt; Jose Perez - Carlos; Cassandra Peterson - O'Malley's Girl; Max Wright - Floor Manager; Angela Louise Robinson - Doc Brown's Girl; Cynthia Cypert - Girl in Club; Marty Denkin - Referee; David Ankrum - Waiter; Howard Dayton - Pyle's Aide, Egon; Mel Pape - Ringside Announcer; Guy Way - Macalinski's Goon; Timothy Graham - Bartender Tom; Richard Adams - Lonnegan's Thug; Paul Willson - Man in Ticket Line; John Hancock - Doc Brown
