Nobody leans on Sharky's Machine.
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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Character
Classical in form, earnest, resolved and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Burt ReynoldsTom Sharky
- Rachel WardDomino
- Henry SilvaBilly Score
- Brian KeithPapa
- Vittorio GassmanVictor Scorelli
- Charles DurningLt. Friscoe
- Earl HollimanDonald Hotchkins
- Bernie CaseyArch
- Richard LibertiniNosh
- Darryl HickmanSmiley
Crew
- Burt ReynoldsDirector
- Gerald Di PegoScreenplay
- William DiehlNovel
- William A. FrakerDirector of Photography
- Al CappsOriginal Music Composer
- William D. GordeanEditor
- Dennis VirklerEditor
- Hank MoonjeanProducer
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