Sharky's Machine

– Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a l..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 2 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Sharky's Machine (1981)

Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Accompanied by an all-star jazz soundtrack, Sharky's new "machine" gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Editor's Pick for:

Sharky's Machine (1981) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Dec 1981

Language:

English, French, Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Burt Reynolds

Writer:

William Diehl (novel), Gerald Di Pego (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning

Plot:

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.

Production:

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Metacritic:
58%