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Jaws 2

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."

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PG 1978 · 1h 57m
Horror, Thriller
Starring Roy Scheider · Lorraine Gary · Murray Hamilton
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Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Theatrical
Jun 16, 1978
DVD / Blu-ray
May 22, 2001
Box Office
$187.9M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
9.4x
Director
Jeannot Szwarc
Writers
Carl Gottlieb, Howard Sackler, Peter Benchley
Producers
David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck
Music
John Williams
Studio
Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company
Keywords
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Cast

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R
Roy Scheider
Police Chief Martin Brody
L
Lorraine Gary
Ellen Brody
M
Murray Hamilton
Mayor Larry Vaughn
J
Joseph Mascolo
Len Peterson
J
Jeffrey Kramer
Hendricks
C
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Dr. Lureen Elkins
A
Ann Dusenberry
Tina Wilcox
M
Mark Gruner
Mike Brody
B
Barry Coe
Tom Andrews
S
Susan French
Old Lady
G
Gary Springer
Andy Nicholas
D
Donna Wilkes
Jackie Peters
G
Gary Dubin
Eddie Marchand
J
John Dukakis
Paul 'Polo' Loman
K
Keith Gordon
Doug Fetterman
D
David Elliott
Larry Vaughn Jr.
M
Marc Gilpin
Sean Brody
B
Billy Van Zandt
Bob
G
Gigi Vorgan
Brooke
F
Fritzi Jane Courtney
Mrs. Taft (uncredited)

Jaws Collection

The classic horror films about a great white shark that’s been attacking people off the coast of New England and bringing terror to their beach vacations. The first film was a major box-office success...

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The Terror Beyond Jaws 2
Taglines After the sensational return of Jaws to the screen, what could possibly be more terrifying than Jaws 2?
[from trailers]
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Questioning the Ocean's Hidden Mysteries
Taglines In all the vast and unknown depths of the ocean, how could there have been only one?
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Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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