Shamus (film) Shamus (film) Shamus is a 1973 American comedy thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik, and starring Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon. New York private detective Shamus McCoy is called to the house of Hume, an eccentric diamond dealer, and is given the task of recovering some stolen diamonds. His investigation is thwarted at every turn and it is only when he is beaten by a gang of thugs to warn him off the job that he realizes that he's onto something really big. Using his friend Springy as well as Alexis Montaigne, the sister of a nightclub owner, McCoy digs
Shamus Khan Shamus Khan Shamus Khan (born 1978) is an American sociologist. He is a professor at Columbia University, where he serves as the chair of the sociology department. He writes on elites, inequality, and American culture. His work has appeared in numerous national and international media outlets. Khan was born in New York to immigrant parents. His mother, Mary Khan, is a nurse. His father, M. Akmal Khan, is a surgeon. He has an older brother, Omar Khan, who has a PhD in Political Science from Oxford and is the director of the Runnymede Trust. Khan attended St. Paul's School in