Sharky's Machine

Sharky's Machine

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1981-12-18
Duration:122 min
Director:Burt Reynolds
Actors:Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Henry Silva, Brian Keith, Vittorio Gassman
Production:Deliverance Productions, Orion Pictures

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.

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