Movie · Thriller · Adventure

When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

1977 · 2h 4m

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When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

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Average 9.3
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Fresh 164
Rotten 5

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Studio
Universal Pictures
Released
1977
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
12+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1975 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, French
Audio

English (United States) (Dolby Atmos, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), Czech (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) , Czech , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hebrew , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Norwegian (Norway) , Polish , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Turkish

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.