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) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | UK:PG | 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)

not a bad sequel

sequels often disappoint and are often the poor relation of the first film. However, this is a very under-rated, well written and acted sequel. It had me guessing until the end and had me thinking about what happened several hours after it had ended, normally a good sign for me of a compelling, interesting movie. Completely different cast from the first film but there are no B-listers here. Sets were authentic for the 1940's too and in those days, low-level boxing bouts were ripe with tales of corruption and allegations of fighters taking dives on the whims of unscrupulous gamblers and the movie set the scene perfectly in my opinion. Ignore the low IMDb rating, its more significant for me that there are very few votes so in statistical terms, the sampling is too low. If you are after a cleverly done, fast moving tale about grifting and the art of the con that acts as a fine compliment to the original film, this ones for you!