Movie
Sharky's Machine
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-12-18
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Deliverance Productions, Orion Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Reynolds as Tom Sharky
- Rachel Ward as Domino
- Henry Silva as Billy Score
- Brian Keith as Papa
- Vittorio Gassman as Victor Scorelli
- Charles Durning as Lt. Friscoe
- Earl Holliman as Donald Hotchkins
- Bernie Casey as Arch
- Richard Libertini as Nosh
- Darryl Hickman as Smiley
- Joseph Mascolo as Joe Tipps
- Tony King as Kitten Holmes
Crew
- Burt Reynolds - Director
- Gerald Di Pego - Screenplay
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