Orca (1977)

92 min · Animalhorror, adventure film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, natural horror film, thriller film

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Directors

Michael Anderson

Cast

Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn, Robert Carradine

The story

Captain Nolan is an Irish Canadian fisherman living in Newfoundland, who catches marine animals in order to pay the mortgage on his boat, "Bumpo", and eventually return to Ireland. Nolan's crew is looking for a great white shark on behalf of a local aquarium, but the shark targets the aquarium's representative, Ken. An orca intervenes and kills the shark, saving Ken's life.

Catalogue themes and tags

Meeresbiologe, Rach, Ship, Sterben, Whale, killer whale, Thriller, Natural horror films, Horror, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Disaster, Action

Genres

Animalhorror, adventure film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, natural horror film, thriller film

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