Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- dying and death
- beach
- based on novel or book
- bathing
- shipwreck
- fishing
- atlantic ocean
- shark attack
- police chief
- ferry boat
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Murray Hamilton — Vaughn
- Carl Gottlieb — Meadows
- Jeffrey Kramer — Hendricks
- Susan Backlinie — Chrissie
- Jonathan Filley — Cassidy
- Ted Grossman — Estuary Victim
- Chris Rebello — Michael Brody
- Jay Mello — Sean Brody
- Lee Fierro — Mrs. Kintner
- Jeffrey Voorhees — Alex Kintner
- Craig Kingsbury — Ben Gardner
- Directed
- Steven Spielberg
- Written
- Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 11,819 ratings
- Studio
- The Zanuck/Brown Company, Universal Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1975 · You’re hereJaws
Where it starts.
Jaws 2
1978
Jaws 3-D
1983
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
