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Sharky's Machine
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6.2Police 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.
Released: 1981-12-18122 minDir: Burt ReynoldsCrime, Drama, Action, ThrillerBudget: $17.5MBox office: $35.6M
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
Themes
- martial arts
- robbery
- police
- jazz
- transvestism
- gangster
- finger
- vice
- revenge
- murder
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
7,033 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- Burt Reynolds
- Screenwriter
- William Diehl
- Cast member
- Darryl Hickman
- Producer
- Hank Moonjean
- Production company
- Orion Pictures
- Cinematographer
- William A. Fraker
- Narrative location
- Atlanta
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 883876
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-12-18
- title
- Sharky's Machine
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 83%
- capital cost
- 17500000
- box office
- 35610100
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