Gator is a 1976 American action comedy film and a sequel to White Lightning starring and directed by Burt Reynolds in his directorial debut.

Federal agent Irving Greenfield confers with the Governor of Georgia about the corruption problem in fictional Dunston County and local boss "Bama" McCall.

Disgusted, Gator wants out, and Bama gives him a spiked drink and says he will wake up in his car parked at the county line pointed toward home.

That night, using stolen keys, they sneak in and find the ledgers, but a guard hits the alarm, and police quickly converge, but they escape in a patrol car, pick up Irving, and go to Aggie's uncle's beach house nearby.

Reynolds honored his favorite professor from college, Watson B. Duncan III, with a cameo role in the film – casting him as the Governor's press secretary.

"[9] Arthur D. Murphy of Variety declared, "There's nothing wrong with an unabashed popcorn picture, but there's no reason for Gator to be as uneven, contrived, untidy as it is ...

"[10] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 2 stars out of 4 and wrote, "Unfortunately, the makers of the sequel forgot to include the very elements that made White Lightning a hit: a good story and a fine romance.

"[11] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Gator looks exactly what it is, a commercial concoction assembled for an undemanding mass market.

"[12] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post described the film as "peculiarly ambivalent and dismaying," which "derives directly from Reynolds.

"[13] Richard Combs of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "Elaborately gauche in all its parts as it is, however, Gator acquires a certain shaggy-dog charm overall, perhaps because of the exemplary lack of seriousness with which everyone takes it.

"[14] The film has been referenced multiple times in the series Archer, where the title character often calls it his favorite movie.