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18 February 1983 (USA)
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The con is on... place your bets!
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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...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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List: Subbing In - Strange Moments in Replacement Actor History
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Not that bad
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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The Next Sting (USA) (working title)
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102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Australia:PG |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
UK:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:11 |
USA:PG |
Argentina:Atp
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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.
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Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Great Money Caper (#12.7)" (2000)
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Of course "The Sting 2" is nowhere near the classic original. Of course Mac Davis and Jackie Gleason are no Newman and Redford. If you try to watch this film and keep the original completely out of mind you might enjoy it some. On it's own it's only average but not terrible.
Jackie Gleason is ok in his role though he looks rather bored. I thought Mac Davis came off much better and after his terrific dramatic role in "North Dallas Forty" he pulled off comedy fairly well. I wish he had done more with his acting career. Oliver Reed is just right as the bad guy and it is a reminder that Reed was almost always worth watching in even the worst of films ("Venom" being a prime example).
The big problem with "Sting 2" is the script which is odd seeing it was written by David S. Ward who wrote the Oscar winning original. The big difference is that when the first film came out 10 years earlier the surprises were fresh and all the cons were not revealed until the end. Here there's a con in virtually every scene so the audience is conditioned to not believe what they have just seen. It takes away from the true surprises that come.
All in all there are worse movies to see. Lovers of the original should just steer clear but others may enjoy it. It's a mild diversion and nothing more.