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Shark

1969 · 92 min

A sun-baked, salty adventure that coasts on menace and murky underwater dread more than thrills.

Tagline
A realistic film became too real! Shark will rip you apart!
Overview
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • obsession
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action, thriller, adventure
Directed by
Samuel Fuller, Rafael Portillo
Written by
Samuel Fuller, John T. Dugan
Starring
Burt Reynolds, Barry Sullivan, Silvia Pinal, Arthur Kennedy, Emilia Stuart, Manuel Alvarado, Enrique Lucero, Carlos Beriochoa
Music
Rafael Moroyoqui
Cinematography
Raúl Martínez Solares
Runtime
92 min
Country
Mexico, United States of America
Languages
English

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