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20/06/1975 Horror, Thriller, Adventure 2h 4m
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The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 best seller.

Overview

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

  1. Steven Spielberg

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Roy Scheider

    Brody

  2. Robert Shaw

    Quint

  3. Richard Dreyfuss

    Hooper

  4. Lorraine Gary

    Ellen Brody

  5. Murray Hamilton

    Vaughn

  6. Carl Gottlieb

    Meadows

  7. Jeffrey Kramer

    Hendricks

  8. Susan Backlinie

    Chrissie

  9. Jonathan Filley

    Cassidy

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2022-02-18
A very good, and evidently a very influential, film from 1975.

That release year doesn't even sound correct, the film holds up extremely well in that regard - I knew already, but if I didn't and I had guessed the year I wouldn't have said anything earlier than 1990. This alone raises the film up ½* for me - it's impressively made.

I don't, personally, think the story is as perfect as the aforementioned. Don't get me wrong it's all entertaining, but I feel it peaks with the shark terrorising the town as a whole - when it's down to just the trio, I didn't enjoy it quite as much. Roy Schei...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,000,000.00

Revenue
$470,653,000.00

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