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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.
Theatrical
Jun 20, 1975
Digital
Aug 14, 2012
Box Office
$470.7M
Budget
$7.0M
Return
67.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 15, 1978
Theaters
11
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writers
Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley
Producers
David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck
Music
John Williams
Studio
The Zanuck/Brown Company, Universal Pictures
Themes
based on novel or book
beach
fishing
atlantic ocean
bathing
shipwreck
shark attack
police chief
ferry boat
dying and death
animal attack
long island, new york
dead child
creature
skinny dipping
shark
great white shark
dead dog
killer shark
child killed by animal
fourth of july
severed leg
fishing boat
sea adventure
animal horror
shark cage
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Cast
Full credits →R
Roy Scheider
Brody
R
Robert Shaw
Quint
R
Richard Dreyfuss
Hooper
L
Lorraine Gary
Ellen Brody
M
Murray Hamilton
Vaughn
C
Carl Gottlieb
Meadows
J
Jeffrey Kramer
Hendricks
S
Susan Backlinie
Chrissie
J
Jonathan Filley
Cassidy
T
Ted Grossman
Estuary Victim
J
Jay Mello
Sean Brody
L
Lee Fierro
Mrs. Kintner
P
Peter Benchley
Interviewer
F
Fritzi Jane Courtney
Mrs. Taft (uncredited)
D
David Engelbach
Research Assistant (uncredited)
D
Dorothy Fielding
Girl in Music Store (uncredited)
B
Belle McDonald
Mrs. Posner (uncredited)
J
Joseph Oliveira
Swimmer (uncredited)
B
Beverly Powers
Topless Swimmer (uncredited)
A
Ayn Ruymen
Nurse (uncredited)
