Sharky's Machine
“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.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Studio
Deliverance Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Sharky's Machine performed
Budget
$17.5M
Worldwide Gross
$35.6M
Gross Profit
$18.1M
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Tom Sharky
Burt Reynolds
Tom Sharky
Domino
Rachel Ward
Domino
Billy Score
Henry Silva
Billy Score
Papa
Brian Keith
Papa
Victor Scorelli
Vittorio Gassman
Victor Scorelli
Lt. Friscoe
Charles Durning
Lt. Friscoe
Donald Hotchkins
Earl Holliman
Donald Hotchkins
Arch
Bernie Casey
Arch
Nosh
Richard Libertini
Nosh
Smiley
Darryl Hickman
Smiley
Joe Tipps
Joseph Mascolo
Joe Tipps
Kitten Holmes
Tony King
Kitten Holmes
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