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Sharky's Machine

Nobody leans on Sharky's Machine.
Dec 18, 1981 · 2h 2m
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Crime
Drama
Action
Thriller

PLOT

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

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CAST

Burt Reynolds
Tom Sharky
Rachel Ward
Domino
Henry Silva
Billy Score
Brian Keith
Papa
Vittorio Gassman
Victor Scorelli
Charles Durning
Lt. Friscoe
Earl Holliman
Donald Hotchkins
Bernie Casey
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Directed by Burt Reynolds

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$17,500,000
Revenue
$35,610,100
Production
Deliverance Productions, Orion Pictures
Country
US

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