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Sharky's Machine
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It sits within the topics 1981 action drama films, 1981 action thriller films and 1981 American films.
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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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Categories
1981 action drama films1981 action thriller films1981 American films1981 drama films1981 English-language films1981 filmsAmerican action thriller filmsAmerican neo-noir filmsAmerican police detective filmsEnglish-language action drama filmsEnglish-language action thriller filmsFilms about prostitution in the United StatesFilms based on American novelsFilms directed by Burt ReynoldsFilms set in AtlantaOrion Pictures filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release dateWarner Bros. films