Sharky's Machine

"Nobody leans on Sharky's Machine."

Dec 18 1981 R 2h 2m
Action, Crime, Drama

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.

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.

Written by

William Diehl, Gerald Di Pego

Directed by

Burt Reynolds

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Deliverance Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
7,138
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
58
Popularity
NA