Gator (1976)

Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.

Director:

Burt Reynolds

Writer:

William W. Norton

Stars:

Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton

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)

Storyline

Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.

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Plot Keywords:

corruption | united states | usa | second part | theft | 

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Taglines:

Gator. Come and get him.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

First of three films in which Lauren Hutton co-starred with Burt Reynolds. The others are Paternity (1981) and Malone (1987).

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Goofs

During Caffery's Mayoral Campaign event, Irving Greenfield is standing behind a boy holding 3 strings with a blue helium balloon at the end of each. Irving pops one of the balloons with his lit cigar, and the boy looks up at him but all three strings are still taut. It's not until Irving pops the two remaining balloons that you see all 3 strings fallen.

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Quotes

Aggie Maybank: Where you going?
Gator McKlusky: I'm gonna find a massage parlor.
Aggie Maybank: Wait a minute. Don't you want to talk to Miss Cavanaugh?
Gator McKlusky: Does she give massages?

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Robert Urich/Mink DeVille (1982)

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Soundtracks

Gator
Written & Performed by Jerry Reed

User Reviews

its the seventies

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...

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 1976 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Gator

Filming Locations:

River Street, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$11,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Levy-Gardner-Laven

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1