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Rent Shark (1969)

Burt Reynolds gives the most amazing performance of his young career in the role which launched his sex symbol status. The combination of brilliant direction by Samuel Fuller and specialized, dangerous stunt dives make this film more frighteningly real and original than even Steven Spielberg's box-office smash Jaws.
Burt Reynolds stars as Kane, a smooth, fast talking gun-runner who loses his shipment of arms and becomes stranded in a small port city on the Mediterranean. Finding himself hard up for cash, he tries to scam his way out of town without success. His luck changes when he runs into Anna, a seductive siren of the sea. Anna propositions Kane to work for her and her partner, the Professor, who are supposedly doing research in the shark infested waters off the coast