- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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5 out of 5
Peter Benchley's pulp bestseller is here turned into the scariest sea saga ever filmed, with Steven Spielberg creating maximum suspense in the first dark moments and then maintaining the momentum with brilliant sleight-of-hand direction. The tale of a great white shark terrorising a New England resort community and the modern-day Captain Ahab (Robert Shaw) employed to kill it is now a classic of the suspense thriller genre. It's also credited with creating the summer blockbuster craze that Hollywood pins its financial hopes on every year. John Williams's Oscar-winning music and the excellent performances of Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss add to the ingeniously mounted tension that cleverly plays on all our deepest primeval fears.
Plot Summary
Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning adventure thriller, starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss. The Atlantic resort of Amity Island is preparing for its lucrative summer season when death strikes in the form of a great white shark. Rather than turn away business, Mayor Vaughn orders police chief Brody to keep the beaches open.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Brody
- Roy Scheider
- Quint
- Robert Shaw
- Hooper
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Ellen Brody
- Lorraine Gary
- Vaughn
- Murray Hamilton
- Meadows
- Carl Gottlieb
- Hendricks
- Jeffrey Kramer
- Chrissie
- Susan Backlinie
- Cassidy
- Jonathan Filley
- Estuary victim
- Ted Grossman
- Michael Brody
- Chris Rebello
- Sean Brody
- Jay Mello
- Mrs Kintner
- Lee Fierro
- Alex Kintner
- Jeffrey Voorhees
- Ben Gardner
- Craig Kingsbury
- Medical examiner
- Dr Robert Nevin
- Charlie
- Robert Chambers
- Denherder
- Edward Chalmers Jr
- Posner
- P R Dube
- Polk
- Robert Carroll
Crew
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
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