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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Budget

$17,500,000

Runtime

122 min

Box Office

$35,610,100

Released Dec 1981

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Directed by

Burt Reynolds

Written byGerald Di Pego

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Burt Reynolds
Tom Sharky
Rachel Ward
Domino
Henry Silva
Billy Score
Brian Keith
Papa
Vittorio Gassman
Victor Scorelli
Charles Durning
Lt. Friscoe

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Brian Keith

Vittorio Gassman

Charles Durning

Earl Holliman

Bernie Casey

Richard Libertini

Darryl Hickman

Joseph Mascolo

Tony King

John Fiedler

Carol Locatell

Burt Reynolds

Gerald Di Pego

Hank Moonjean

William A. Fraker

Al Capps

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