A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
Don Leslie
- Young Fisherman
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRichard Harris, who was forty-six, performed his own stunts and was nearly killed on several occasions.
- GoofsWhales and dolphins don't breathe automatically like humans do. They sleep with half of their brain at a time because they need to come to the surface to breathe. If someone really tranquilized an orca like Nolan did with the needle in the harpoon, both halves of its brain would be asleep at the same time, and it would stop breathing and drown.
- Quotes
Captain Nolan: I brought this gun to shoot him. Yes, yes I did. But I knew when it came time to do it, I couldn't do it. So I got to thinking and I thought, Well if what-if what you say is right. That whales can communicate. Then I thought I'd look at him. Right in the eye. And I'd tell him the killing of his wife and his child was a terrible accident. That I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. I'd tell him that I was sorry. I hope he'd forgive me.
- Alternate versionsNetwork TV version had at least one additional scene where Nolan (Richard Harris) visits Annie (Bo Derek) at the hospital, after her leg was bitten off.
- ConnectionsFeatured in I Love the '70s: Volume 2: 1977 (2006)
Featured review
This film was made during a time when Orca whales were not too well studied and known about. That being said, it puts a whole different sense of fear into the one watching the film. I'll call this the "boat scene" when a key point in the movie occurs, which is one of the most disturbing scenes in any film I have ever seen. It leaves you with a feeling of sorrow and pity for the antagonist (or protagonist?) and can only imagine the pain he must be feeling. The movie is so complex in its situations that it leaves the viewer with mixed feelings on who the overall winner should be. It remains one of the best marine horror movies in my book. I definitely recommend it.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Orca: The Killer Whale
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,717,854
- Gross worldwide
- $14,717,854
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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