Burt in '81: Sharky's Machine



Sharky’s Machine was Burt’s third film as director, he would direct only two more features (1985’s Elmore Leonard’s adaptation Stick was the most immediate follow-up, and his last film as director was 2000’s The Last Producer At the time, Burt joked that he made the film as his version of Dirty Harry since his friend Clint Eastwood was having success mining typical Reynolds’ terrain with the “Loose” series. One wonders how his career would have differed if he had successfully shifted from an acting to directing career. Sharky’s Machine certainly shows he had the skills.
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