The Sting II (1983)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Jeremy Kagan

Writer:

David S. Ward (written by)

Release Date:

18 February 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The con is on... place your bets!

Plot:

This is another one of those movies that's a sequel to another, only different actors are playing the roles of the characters from the previous movie...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Boxing | Three Card Monte | Roller Coaster | Coney Island

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Jackie Gleason	...	Fargo Gondorff
Mac Davis	...	Jake Hooker
Teri Garr	...	Veronica
Karl Malden	...	Gus Macalinski
Oliver Reed	...	Doyle Lonnegan
Bert Remsen	...	Kid Colors
Kathalina Veniero	...	Blonde with Kid Colors
José Pérez	...	Carlos (Lonnegan's Guard) (as Jose Perez)
Larry Bishop	...	Gellecher (Lonnegan's 2nd Guard)
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Lonnegan's Thug (as Frank McCarthy)
Richard C. Adams	...	Lonnegan's Thug
Ron Rifkin	...	Eddie
Harry James	...	Band Leader
Frances Bergen	...	Lady Dorsett
Monica Lewis	...	Band Singer

Also Known As:

The Next Sting (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Coney Island Roller Coaster train seen in the movie is made of fiberglass, as most modern ones are, and not wood, as a 1940 era coaster train would be. The film is set in 1940; fiberglass as it is known today was not introduced commercially until 1936, and then primarily as an insulation material. It was not used for applications like roller coasters until well into the 1950's.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Great Money Caper (#12.7)" (2000)

What Did We Ever Do to Hollywood?

I can't figure out how I made Hollywood so angry that it created The Sting 2, an anti-Sting, unfunny, dull, mouth-breathingly stupid. I actually made the free-will choice to see this trash at a drive-in theatre. I'd say it was back in my drinking days, but I'm not an alcoholic. Go figure.

The good performers looked embarrassed and the non-actors looked like . . . non-actors. I guess the movie got the green light because somebody's nephew worked in the Universal props and wardrobe department, and needed work to justify his continued employment.

I hope the putz got fired anyway.

I sat through this bilge in a noisy thunderstorm. I could barely see the screen and the sound was overwhelmed by the crashboombang of the storm.

In other words, I knew the movie was there, but I missed big chunks of it due to the rain and lightning.

Thank you Mother Nature.