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Orca ()

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A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
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Captain Nolan
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Rachel Bedford
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Jacob Umilak
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Annie
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Novak
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Ken
Scott Walker ...
Al Swain
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Paul
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Priest
Vincent Gentile ...
Gas Station Attendant
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Dock Worker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Leslie ...
Young Fisherman (uncredited)
Nepo ...
Orca (uncredited)
Yaka ...
Orca (uncredited)

Directed by

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Michael Anderson

Written by

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Luciano Vincenzoni ... (original story by) and
Sergio Donati ... (original story by)
 
Luciano Vincenzoni ... (screenplay by) and
Sergio Donati ... (screenplay by)
 
Robert Towne ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Dino De Laurentiis ... executive producer (uncredited)
Luciano Vincenzoni ... producer

Music by

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Ennio Morricone ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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J. Barry Herron ... (special photography)
Ted Moore ... director of photography

Film Editing by

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John Bloom
Marion Rothman
Ralph E. Winters

Editorial Department

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Chris Kelly ... assistant film editor
Chris Ridsdale ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Mario Garbuglia

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Ferdinando Giovannoni ... (as Ferinando Giovannoni)
Boris Juraga

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John Godfrey
Armando Scarano

Costume Design by

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Jost Jakob

Makeup Department

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Jorge Paris ... hair stylist
Neville Smallwood ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Pino Butti ... unit production manager
Roberto de Laurentiis ... unit production manager
Les Kimber ... unit production manager
Stanley Neufeld ... production manager: Canada
William J. O'Sullivan ... production manager: Canada (as William O'Sullivan)
Phil Tucker ... post-production supervisor

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Peter Bennett ... second assistant director
Flondar Brunelli ... assistant director: second unit
Brian W. Cook ... assistant director (as Brian Cook)
Rob Lockwood ... assistant director: second unit
Terry Needham ... second assistant director
Folco Quilici ... second unit director / underwater unit director

Art Department

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Allan Gordon ... property master (as Allan Jack Gordon)
Sherman Labby ... production illustrator
Bill MacSems ... property master (as Bill Mac Sems)
Guglielmo Modestini ... set painter
Aldo Puccini ... construction coordinator

Sound Department

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John Bramall ... sound mixer
Bill Cook ... boom man (as William Cook)
Trevor Pyke ... re-recording mixer
Winston Ryder ... sound effects
Nicholas Stevenson ... sound effects (as Nick Stevenson)
William Parnell ... first assistant sound editor (uncredited)

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Giuseppe Carozza ... mechanical effects (as Giuseppe Carrozza)
Jim Hole ... mechanical effects
Alex Weldon ... special effects (as Alex C. Weldon)
Basilio Cortijo ... special effects technician (uncredited)

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Fernando Valento ... miniature coordinator
Frank Van der Veer ... photographic effects supervisor

Stunts

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Fernanda Dell'Acqua ... stunts
Emilio Messina ... underwater stunts
Sergio Mioni ... stunt double
Romano Puppo ... stunt coordinator
Max Diamond ... stunts (uncredited)

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Jack Atcheler ... camera operator
Alfonso Avincola ... still photographer
Roger Berner ... assistant camera
Vittorio Dragonetti ... underwater camera operator
Maurice Gillett ... gaffer
Ray Hall ... key grip
John Harris ... camera operator (as John S. Harris)
Ignazio Maccarone ... underwater gaffer
Massimiliano Sano ... assistant underwater camera operator
Ron Taylor ... additional photography: shark sequences / underwater photographer
David Wynn-Jones ... focus puller
Bob Bremner ... best boy (uncredited)
Mike Bulley ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Michel Paul Bélisle ... lamp operator (uncredited)
Valerie Taylor ... additional photography: shark sequences (uncredited) / underwater photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ian Hickinbotham ... wardrobe assistant
Philippe Pickford ... wardrobe
Yvonne Zarb Cousin ... wardrobe mistress (uncredited)

Location Management

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Morrie Nierenberg ... location auditor (as Morris Nierenburg)

Music Department

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Michael Clifford ... music editor
Sergio Marcotulli ... music recordist
Ennio Morricone ... conductor
Percy Edwards ... whale vocalizations (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Angela Allen ... continuity supervisor

Additional Crew

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Sonny Allen ... director of training: Marine World/Africa USA
Rinaldo Campoli ... chemical effects
Lou Dyer ... unit publicist
Gordon K. Kee ... production auditor (as Gordon Kee)
Jack Piler ... unit publicist (as Jack Pyler)
Giuliano Principato ... production assistant
Frank Strzalkowski ... marine mammal trainer: Marine World/Africa USA
Luciano Tartaglia ... production accountant
Ron Taylor ... shark sequence: Australia
Lester Simms ... boat captain (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

After witnessing his mate and child's death from Nolan's hands, Orca, the killer whale, goes on a rampage in the fishermen's harbor. Under the villagers' pressure, Nolan, Rachel and an Indian sail after the great beast, who will bring them on his own turf. Written by M Lalonde

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Taglines Orca - the killer whale, is one of the most intelligent creatures in the universe. Incredibly, he is the only animal other than man who kills for revenge. He has one mate, and if she is harmed by man, he will hunt down that person with a relentless, terrible vengeance - across seas, across time, across all obstacles. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Orca: The Killer Whale (United States)
  • The Killer Whale (United States)
  • Orc (United States)
  • Orca: The Killer Whale (Netherlands)
  • L'orca assassina (Italy)
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  • 92 min
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Trivia Richard Harris, who was forty-six, performed his own stunts and was nearly killed on several occasions. See more »
Goofs Whales 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in 1977 (2006). See more »
Soundtracks My Love, We Are One See more »
Quotes Rachel: [while listening to Orca's sounds through a hydrophone] What is he saying?
Captain Nolan: You're me, he says... I'm you, he says... you're my... drunk driver... he says...
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