Shark! (film)

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Shark!
Directed by	Samuel Fuller
Produced by	José Luis Calderón Mark Cooper Skip Steloff
Written by	Samuel Fuller John Kingsbridge
Starring	Burt Reynolds Arthur Kennedy Manuel Alvarado Carlos Barry Silvia Pinal
Music by	Rafael Moroyoqui
Cinematography	Raúl Martínez Solares
Editing by	Carlos Savage
Distributed by	Excelsior Pictures
Release date(s)	1969
Running time	92 minutes
Language	English
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Shark! (also known as Caine) is a 1969 action film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Burt Reynolds.

Tagline: The deadliest sharks aren't always in the water.

1 Production
2 Plot
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Production

During production, one of the film's stuntmen was attacked and killed on camera by what was supposed to be a sedated shark. When the production company used the death to promote the film, Fuller, who had been arguing with the producers on several major issues relating to the film, quit the production.

When Samuel Fuller finally saw the version that was released to theatres, he said it was so badly butchered he demanded the producers take his name off it. ^[1] The producers refused.

[edit] Plot

Reynolds plays Caine, a gunrunner who becomes stranded in a small port in the Red Sea. He meets a seductive woman who propositions him to dive into shark-infested waters off the coast for scientific research. However, when Caine realizes the woman and her partner are actually treasure hunters, the action starts to heat up both above and below the water.

[edit] Trivia

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Shark! is referenced in the Troma film Terror Firmer, when two characters watch the movie on VHS. One of the characters criticizes the film for its low production values.