1975 2h 4m Steven Spielberg

Jaws

Name: Jaws
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action & Adventure
Released: 1975
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary

★ 8.1 IMDb

Horror Mystery & Thriller Action & Adventure

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.

Writers Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley

Cast Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary

DP Bill Butler

Production Designer Joe Alves

Music John Williams

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Jaws by Peter Biskind, Jump Cut The real-life tragedy that inspired Jaws’ most famous scene by Louis Spong, Little White Lies

On Steven Spielberg

Citizen Spielberg by Ben McCann, Screening the Past

In conversation with other films

Poltergeist by Douglas Kellner, Jump Cut