Two cooked crooks

Movie
German title	Two cooked crooks
Original title	The Sting II
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1983
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Jeremy Kagan
script	David S. Ward
production	Jennings Lang
music	Lalo Schifrin
camera	Bill Butler
cut	David Garfield
occupation
Jackie Gleason : Fargo Gondorff Mac Davis : Jake Hooker Oliver Reed : Lonnegan Teri Garr : Veronica Karl Malden : Gus Macalinski Bert Remsen : Kid Colors Ron Rifkin : Eddie
chronology
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Two boiled crooks (original title: The Sting II ) is an American gangster comedy by the director Jeremy Kagan from 1983. It is the sequel to the film The Clou , which was released ten years earlier .

action

New York in 1940: The two crooks Hooker and Gondorff still have a score to settle with the Mafioso Macalinski. Some time ago he had her friend Kid Color murdered. In addition, the two are planning the big coup. The beautiful Veronica should help them implement their plan. It is supposed to seduce Macalinski into participating in what appears to be a bombproof bet. However, fair cards are not always played.

publication

Two cooked crooks premiered in American cinemas on February 18, 1983. It was first seen in Germany on June 17, 1983, and in GDR cinemas on January 3, 1986.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films considers the film to be an “all too routinely impersonal staged” sequel to Der Clou , which is “quite amusing in parts” but “which by no means reaches its predecessor”.

Awards

Composer Lalo Schifrin was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Adapted Film Music for his work in 1984 .

Web links

• Two crafty crooks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Two crafty crooks at The Movie Database (English)
• Two cooked crooks in the catalog of the American Film Institute (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two boiled crooks. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 27, 2019 .