Shamus

Shamus (1973) — action, comedy, mystery film. Directed by Buzz Kulik. Starring Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan, Joe Santos. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Shamus (1973) Poster

Interactive Features for Shamus

Shamus offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 3 characters interconnect through 3 relationship links.
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Story Analysis

A private detective follows a diamond-murder case into a weapons-smuggling conspiracy and brings its wealthy organizer to justice.

Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller · 6.2/10 · 106 min · 1973

Based On

Credits

Director

Buzz Kulik
Cast

as Shamus McCoy

Burt Reynolds
Cast

as Alexis Montaigne

Dyan Cannon
Cast

as Col. Craig C. Hardcore

John P. Ryan
Cast

as Lieutenant Promuto

Joe Santos
Cast

as Dottore

Giorgio Tozzi
Cast

as E.J. Hume

Ron Weyand
Cast

as Springy

Larry Block
Cast

as John Bolton

Beeson Carroll
Cast

as The Kid

Kevin Conway
Cast

as Bookstore Girl

Kay Frye
Cast

as Johnnie Brosten

John Glover
Cast

as Schnook

Merwin Goldsmith

Universe & Franchise Timeline

The Shamus Collection — Watch Order · Character Knowledge Graph

Shamus is title 1 of 2 in the The Shamus Collection release order. Next: A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975).

Related Movies & Series

A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975) — Universe Link

Videos

Shamus (1973) Theatrical Trailer

Images

Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q3222706), public domain (CC0).