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Gator

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
4.5K
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Burt Reynolds and Lauren Hutton in Gator (1976)
Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.
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Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,544
135
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    • Director
      • Burt Reynolds
    • Writers
      • William W. Norton
      • Roderick Taylor(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Burt Reynolds
      • Jack Weston
      • Lauren Hutton
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Burt Reynolds
    • Writers
      • William W. Norton
      • Roderick Taylor(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Burt Reynolds
      • Jack Weston
      • Lauren Hutton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore

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    Top cast

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    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Gator McKlusky
    Jack Weston
    Jack Weston
    • Irving Greenfield
    Lauren Hutton
    Lauren Hutton
    • Aggie Maybank
    Jerry Reed
    Jerry Reed
    • Bama McCall
    Alice Ghostley
    Alice Ghostley
    • Emmeline Cavanaugh
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    • Mayor Caffrey
    Mike Douglas
    Mike Douglas
    • The Governor
    Burton Gilliam
    Burton Gilliam
    • Smiley
    William Engesser
    • Bones
    John Steadman
    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
    J. Don Ferguson
    • Bartender
    • (as Don Ferguson)
    John P. Rousakis
    • Ocean Plaza Motel Manager
    • (as John Rousaris)
    Patrick Moody
    • Patrick, Young Policeman
    John Nicholson
    • Jack Bridger
    • Director
      • Burt Reynolds
    • Writers
      • William W. Norton
      • Roderick Taylor(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Directorial debut for Burt Reynolds.
    • Goofs
      When Gator ties the twine around the green lamp at the Ocean Plaza Motel, he ties a simple double slip knot. Then when they show a close-up of the lamp as they are closing the front door, the knot is a completely different one with a loop dangling from it.
    • Quotes

      Bama McCall: [Bama is introducing Gator to his seven-foot-tall bodyguard] Ask him why they call him "Bones."

      Gator McKlusky: Why they call you "Bones?"

      Bones: Because I TELL them to!

    • Connections
      Featured in Burt Reynolds: Back to the Bayou - Part II (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Gator
      Written & Performed by Jerry Reed

    User reviews52

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    Top review
    Reed ascendant
    This 1976 sequel to Burt's successful good-ole-boy movie WHITE LIGHTNING doesn't represent its star in peak form--as actor or director. (The picture was uncreditedly co-directed by James Best, star of several Sam Fuller movies; he didn't learn much from the old man.) But it's memorable for one reason only--for the guy who, for my money, takes the cake for Greatest Character Actor of the Seventies Gone to Waste.

    Jerry Reed is best known for his novelty songs and his appearances in bumptious comedies like HOT STUFF (opposite Suzanne Pleshette and Dom DeLuise). But look at his chillingly suave downhome hit man in Michael Ritchie's THE SURVIVORS, or his magnificent performance here, and you see the man who should have had Tommy Lee Jones' career.

    As Bama, a dirt-poor boy made good as a pimp and a gangster, Jerry Reed has the kind of unnameable connection with the audience that other singers-turned-actors like Sinatra and, on occasion, Willie Nelson had. His Bama never lets you forget the tin-shack fate he overcame through a life of peddling sin: he's like the redneck star of his own blaxploitation movie playing in his head. The smoothie charmer who can turn sadistic-violent on a dime is as ripe an opportunity for ham as they come, but Jerry Reed is genuinely seductive and chilling--and Reynolds hands him scene after scene to steal. The guy was a great actor--and he never got the chances that a similar (and less varied) actor like Charles Napier got.

    If someone's reading this has the opportunity--give the guy a job.
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    • May 8, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 20, 1976 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mein Name ist Gator
    • Filming locations
      • Valdosta, Georgia, USA
    • Production company
      • Levy-Gardner-Laven
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,000,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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