

Sharky's Machine
1981-12-18 · 122 min · ★ 6.2
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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Production details
- Directors
- Burt Reynolds
- Production companies
- Deliverance Productions, Orion Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 17,500,000
- Revenue
- USD 35,610,100
Top Cast
Burt ReynoldsTom Sharky
Rachel WardDomino
Henry SilvaBilly Score
Brian KeithPapa
Vittorio GassmanVictor Scorelli
Charles DurningLt. Friscoe
Earl HollimanDonald Hotchkins
Bernie CaseyArch
Richard LibertiniNosh
Darryl HickmanSmiley
Joseph MascoloJoe Tipps
Tony KingKitten Holmes
John FiedlerBarrett
Carol LocatellMabel
Suzee PaiSiakwan
Val AveryManny
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