burt reynold direct and star in this great cop film and reynold play the sharkey of the title and who be a tough cop whilst work in undercover a drug bust go wrong and and be demote to vice and the machine of the title refer to the motley crew reynold assemble to bring down a crooked governor who be involve in high class prostitution cocaine and contract murder and the motley crew be play by brian keith and blackploitaion favorite bernie casey and richard libertini and ( a alway quirky a an ace sound man ) charle durning and a the chief and the beautiful english rise rachael ward play dominoe a $ 1000 dollar a night hooker whom reynold protect and eventually fall for and when stake out an apartment use by the governor . italian actor vittorio gassman and play the high stake pimp and who have a deadly gang of triad at his disposal and and henry desilva and play his psychotic brother hit man who be highly strung on prescription painkiller and angel dust and the action pack finale see the remain member of the machine engage in a deadly shootout with desilva and which culminate in one the most spectacular stunt ever put to celluloid and alas hollywood have run out of idea and be contemplate a remake of sharky machine . why bother a 25th anniversary special edition dvd would be ideal and not a silly as remake and .