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.
- 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
Dramatizes, separate and combined feelings of man and whale.
The very beginning of this movie displays the peace, beauty, and greatness of Killer Whales. A person is saved from the jaws of a shark, by the mercy and strength of one of these whales. The event is witnessed by an ocean hunter, who decides to change his choice of prey to these great beasts. He eventually harpoons one allright, but what he thought would be a simple kill turns out to be something closer to murder! This is a "ONE OF A KIND" movie, that I think delivers "not bad" , for its' time. Unusually, artistic soundtrack. A must see for movie lovers.
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- rainiac
- Oct 15, 2000
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- Orca: The Killer Whale
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,717,854
- Gross worldwide
- $14,717,854
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