Ernest ‘Stick’ Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Read More »
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Sharkys Machine (1981) Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who is demoted to after a botched bust. At the depths of the humble division, while exploring a high-dollar prostitution ring Read More »
Skullduggery (1970) Gordon Douglas, Richard Wilson, Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel, Adventure
An expedition to the interior of Papua New Guinea comes along with a tribe of ape-like men and women that may or might not be ancestors of ancient man. Read More »
Breaking In (1989) Bill Forsyth, Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Adventure, Comedy
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has “larceny in his heart”, it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie. Read More »
At Long Last Love (1975) Peter Bogdanovich, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Comedy, Romance, Musical
This film was Peter Bogdanovich’s homage to musical comedies of the 1930s. A millionaire named Michael Oliver Pritchard III and a singer named Kitty O’Kelly meet and fall in love. Read More »
Shark (1969) Samuel Fuller, Burt Reynolds, Arthur Kennedy, Barry Sullivan, Action, Adventure, Thriller
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he’s stuck there. Read More »
Run, Simon, Run (1970) George McCowan, Burt Reynolds, Inger Stevens, Royal Dano, Adventure, Thriller
Burt Reynolds stars in this TV-movie as a Papago Indian, who returns to his people after serving a long sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. To clear himself of the murder of his own brother, Reynolds begins a long and bloody search for the actual killer.
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The End (1978) Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Comedy, Drama
Wendell Lawson has only 6 months to live. Not wanting to live his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take his own life. He enlists the help of a humorously delusional mental patient, and the movie chronicles his many unsuccessful attempts to kill himself. Will he ever succeed…?
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City Heat (1984) Richard Benjamin, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Action, Comedy, Crime
Kansas City in the 1930s: private investigator Mike Murphy’s partner is brutally murdered when he tries to blackmail a mobster with his secret accounting records. When a rival gang boss goes after the missing records, ex-policeman Murphy is forced to team up again with his ex-partner Lieutenant Speer, even though they can’t stand each other, to fight both gangs before KC erupts in a mob war.
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Hustle (1975) Robert Aldrich, Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. Gaines is experiencing a troubled relationship with a hooker, and things don’t get any better when the dead girl’s father launches his own investigation.
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Shamus (1973) Buzz Kulik, Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan, Action, Comedy, Crime
New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can’t be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His investigations soon get pretty complicated and rather too dangerous. At least along the way he does get to meet Alexis.
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