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Written by James M. Tate / 8/22/2022 / No comments / action , bernie casey , brian keith , burt reynolds , charles durning , cop , earl holliman , eighties , henry silva , jazz-score , neo noir , rachel ward , vice , vittorio gassman

BURT REYNOLDS STARS/DIRECTS THE NEO NOIR 'SHARKY'S MACHINE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlc58prpFJfj1m4HHqFvC25yNzqmXicU58scAaXWvcKg_mJY3MQtDHuefuDGxQBxgLjwFgBieOo2GbhxfTKZ4CvQNeWsObyc1SWLsvHCnl3cO8HZxIGGtHkGZnBEzMxeMyCIUbP1trrxHl5k6dKYMl64QwXWiaLUthfoZFU04OS8JJcRFeyyPS07CfNWhf/s1976/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-14%20at%202.25.54%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1976" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlc58prpFJfj1m4HHqFvC25yNzqmXicU58scAaXWvcKg_mJY3MQtDHuefuDGxQBxgLjwFgBieOo2GbhxfTKZ4CvQNeWsObyc1SWLsvHCnl3cO8HZxIGGtHkGZnBEzMxeMyCIUbP1trrxHl5k6dKYMl64QwXWiaLUthfoZFU04OS8JJcRFeyyPS07CfNWhf/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-14%20at%202.25.54%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: SHARKY'S MACHINE Year: 1981 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>Although Burt Reynolds' box office rival Clint Eastwood deemed SHARKY'S MACHINE "Dirty Harry in Georgia," it's actually a spiritual remake of the film noir LAURA where a cop falls for a mysterious woman who was supposedly murdered by a killer using a shotgun at her apartment door — but turns out being another dame entirely...And before all that, Reynolds goes from a risky narc officer... whose opening drug deal turns into a solid city shootout... to one of several vice squad members in the shabby and neglected police headquarters-basement; and their first gig busting whores at a political rally with the two coolest characters, not including Burt, also the director... and with a skin-diver's cut instead of his usual distracting toupee, he hasn't been this legit since DELIVERANCE...

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BURT REYNOLDS STARS/DIRECTS THE NEO NOIR 'SHARKY'S MACHINE'

Title: SHARKY'S MACHINE Year: 1981 Rating: **** Although Burt Reynolds' box office rival Clint Eastwood deemed SHARKY'S MACHINE ...

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