The Sting II (1983)

Storyline

Lonigan is planning to get back at Gondorf and Hooker for bilking him out of half a million. At the same time Gondorf and Hooker are planning their next caper. And their mark is a man named Macalinski, who makes Lonigan look like a pussycat. There con is boxing match and Hooker is the fighter whom they have to make look good but Macalinski needs some convincing, and Hooker is a little rusty. The Sting II, the 1983 Jeremy Paul Kagan gambling con men comedy sequel (“The con is on… Place your bets.”; “Written by David S. Ward”; a sequel of sorts to “The Sting”, but with different actors, and they play relatives of the original characters!) starring Jackie Gleason (best remembered for his role as Ralph Kramden on TV’s “The Honeymooners”; as Fargo Gondorff), Mac Davis (as Jake Hooker), Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed (as Doyle Lonnegan), Harry James (the famous trumpeter and band leader), Ron Rifkin, and John Hancock