Gator is a 1976 American action comedy film and a sequel to White Lightning starring and directed by Burt Reynolds in his directorial debut.
The film is primarily set in Georgia. In the film, ex-convict Gator McKlusky is blackmailed into working for federal agent Irving Greenfield. He is tasked with investigating the operations of local crime boss Bama McCall, who used to be Gator's friend. Gator is disgusted when he finds out that Bama is profiting from child prostitution, motivating him to destroy Bama's criminal empire.
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Federal agent Irving Greenfield confers with the Governor of Georgia about the corruption problem in fictional Dunston County and local boss "Bama" McCall. Irving intends to find Gator McKlusky, an old buddy of Bama's just out of prison, to help get the goods on Bama. When Irving mentions that "cleaning up" Dunston County would help his re-election, the governor agrees to give Irving whatever he needs.
Irving visits Gator who is back with his father Ned and daughter Suzie in the Okefenokee Swamp. Gator is uninterested at first, but reconsiders when Irving threatens to put Ned in jail and Suzie in foster care. They drive to Dunston, where Gator reunites with Bama at a political rally and is immediately hired as a collector. Gator also locks eyes with TV reporter Aggie Maybank, who is after a story. After treating Gator to a taste of the high life, Bama secretly orders a background check on him, and Gator gets a closer look at Bama's empire: extortion, drugs, and corruption at every level. Then Bama sets Gator up with one of the girls at his brothel, a drugged cheerleader Gator remembers from the rally; she says that all the girls there are minors, which Bama prefers.
