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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
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 15, 1978
Box Office
$470.7M
Budget
$7.0M
Return
67.2x
Theaters
2
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
The Zanuck/Brown Company, Universal Pictures
Keywords
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
Trailers & Clips
02:03
03:01
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)
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It was seen by 67 million people. It took two years to make. It was shown in 40 countries, in 17 different languages. Nominated for 18 awards... If you forgot what terror is like, the original Jaws is back.
[from re-release trailer]
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The Nature of a Relentless Predator
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There is a creature alive today who has survived millions of years of evolution, without change, without passion and without logic. It lives to kill - a mindless eating machine. It will attack and devour anything. It is as if God created the Devil, and gave him Jaws.
[from TV spot]
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