Shamus (film) of Wife... and Death" (1976) with the role played by Rod Taylor. It was a pilot for a prospective series that did not eventuate. 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
Shamus: Case II Shamus: Case II Shamus: Case II is a video game for the Atari 8-bit family written by William Mataga and published by Synapse Software. Mataga also wrote the original "Shamus" and the scrolling shooter "Zeppelin". A port to the Commodore 64 by Joe Vierra was released in . Although ostensibly a sequel to "Shamus", the gameplay is very different, combining aspects of platformers, maze games, and even "Breakout". "Case II" was as well received as the original, it did not inspire a "Case III", and Synapse was soon insolvent. The original "Shamus" started out as a clone of the arcade