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20 August 1976 (Finland)
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Tagline:
Gator. Come and get him.
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Agents force an ex con to help them nab a corrupt politician. | add synopsis
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its the seventies
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Burt Reynolds | ... | Gator McKlusky |
 | Jack Weston | ... | Irving Greenfield |
 | Lauren Hutton | ... | Aggie Maybank |
| Jerry Reed | ... | Bama McCall |
| Alice Ghostley | ... | Emmeline Cavanaugh |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Mayor Caffrey |
| Mike Douglas | ... | The Governor |
| Burton Gilliam | ... | Smiley |
| William Engesser | ... | Bones |
| John Steadman | ... | Ned McKlusky |
| Lori Futch | ... | Suzie McKlusky |
| Stephanie Burchfield | ... | Young Girl |
| Dudley Remus | ... | Deputy Pogie, Dunston PD |
| Alex Hawkins | ... | Police Chief |
| J. Don Ferguson | ... | Bartender (as Don Ferguson) |
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115 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 |
UK:15 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 (1978) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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Richard Kiel said in his autobiography that he was supposed to be in this movie. Burt Reynolds had, as a favor, made sure that there was a part written specially for him. In the end Kiel was not available for the part as Bones when they where shooting this movie. Kiel did however recommend his friend William Engesser for the part instead.
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Bama McCall:
[Bama is introducing Gator to his seven-foot-tall bodyguard] Ask him why I call him "Bones."
Gator McKlusky: Why's he call you "Bones?"
Bones: Because I TELL him to!
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Gator McKlusky: Why's he call you "Bones?"
Bones: Because I TELL him to!
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Referenced in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.23)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Hey, Country Boy
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one of the most endearing qualities about this movie is the fact that it brings the seventies back to your memories...it was filmed in 1976 and it shows it often....the scene where jerry (reed) enters the "southside shuffle "topless" bar...nails the period completely... as well as other fashions, lingo, and of course burt himself...who "owned" the seventies....due to this movie and his other good ole boy films of the south....coupled with the overwhelming popularity of smokey and the bandit (yet to come a year later)...established burt as a seemingly permanent fixture in cinema back then...I always thought burt would stay on top I guess...he seemed invincible as the #1 box office attraction...he is definitely an icon of the seventies time capsule...his swagger and his sense of humor put a brand on me as I remember many times in my life (silently) asking myself...what would burt do in a situation like this?....
as pure acting goes...the film had one of the best supporting actors around and due to his lack of experience I guess you would just have to sum up jerry reed as being a "natural".....he played the villain so well you wanted him to stop...and go back to the good ole boy that you knew he could be (later as cletus snow in smokey and the bandit)
gator is/was one of my all time favorite films...from a time period that I thought would never end...I miss it and this film will help you reunite with it if you are nostalgic at all...