Orca

Movie

1977

1h 35m

English

Adventure, Horror, Thriller

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After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist and an Indigenous tribalis...

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Orca

Movie

1977

1h 35m

English

Adventure, Horror, Thriller

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Cast

Captain Nolan

Rachel Bedford

Umilak

Annie

Novak

Ken

Al Swain

Paul

Priester

Gas Station Attendant

Don 'Red' Barry

Dock Worker

Directed By: Michael Anderson

Written By: Sergio Donati (Screenplay), Luciano Vincenzoni (Screenplay)

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

Where the flak come from, I don't know, as this is a rather effective killer animal movie. It's one of the better Jaws ripoffs anyway. The animatronic whale is even more convincing than Brucie the shark... It's a pretty harsh movie, even if it goes a little over-the-top. This is one fish you don't want to mess with. You know you done messed up when a killer whale burns down a village trying to get to you...

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KurtMoney says...

8 years ago

A fun, ridiculous, very very subpar Jaws ripoff. There are about 8 absolutely hysterical closeups on the whale's eye looking very menacingly at Richard Harris. So great. I am impressed with their whale footage. With the exception of the hilarious close ups on a the whale out of the water staring at boats like he's the angry chicken from Family Guy, it was very hard to tell what was the rubber whale and what was real footage. How did they do the shots of a whale angrily running into boats?

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AlfieSGD says...

6 months ago

Despite a number of weaknesses and shortcomings, I didn't have a bad time with the animal horror film "Orca." Obviously, producer Dino De Laurentiis had seen "Jaws" and wanted to raise the stakes. Accordingly, in one of the first scenes, an orca kills a shark. But of course, "Orca" doesn't even come close to Steven Spielberg's classic. There are far too many confusing cuts, and the story and dialogue can be extremely hokey at times. But at least Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling are competent actors, and some of the effects and the score are also decent. With a little more polish, "Orca" could have been an excellent film, but even as it is, I was able to get something out of it.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

one year ago

An attempt to build on the success of Jaws.

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Davy Endgame X

7/10 12 months ago

7/10
Good one from my
Childhood and this movie
is definitely it's own thing
away from Jaws.
Nolan was a horrible
annoying insufferable
bastard all the way through
through the movie, a complete
and utter Dick and
Annie was so annoying
all the way through too
as well, she was no better
than that More

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Wuchak

6 years ago

Not great like “Jaws,” but a moving maritime tragedy and, in ways, magnificent

RELEASED IN 1977 and directed by Michael Anderson, "Orca" stars Richard Harris as a Newfoundland fisherman trying to make some big money by capturing a killer whale for a marine park. Unfortunately he ends up horr More

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