Sharky's Machine

Directed by Burt Reynolds
R
1981    2h 2mAction, Crime,
6.383%63%
Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who's demoted to vice after a botched bust. In the depths of this lowly division, while investigating a high-dollar prostitution ring, Sharky stumbles across a mob murder with government ties, and responds by assembling his downtrodden fellow investigators (Sharky's "machine") to find the leaders and bring them to justice before they kill off all his partners and witnesses, including Sharky himself.

Cast of Sharky's Machine

  • Burt ReynoldsTom Sharky / Director
  • 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
  • Glynn RubinPregnant Woman
  • Val AveryManny
  • Aarika WellsTiffany
  • Princess O'MahoneyHooker (uncredited)
  • Hari Rhodes
  • James O'Connell
  • Weaver Levy
  • Bennie Moore
  • Alveda King
  • Gerald Di PegoWriter
  • William DiehlWriter
  • Hank MoonjeanProducer

Sharky's Machine Ratings & Reviews

  • eif999April 6, 2025
    Burt Reynolds directs this sleazy, slick remake of Laura with all kinds of flair. More than a bit is lifted from Italian crime films and giallo and erotic trillers of the time. Burt should have made a series of these because this could have been a fun cop series. Atlanta is the location and it captures it’s sleazy side well.

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