Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Thriller /  more » Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 13 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.3 (128,566 votes)  more »   Also rated #107 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.  more »

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Filmmakers: Steven Spielberg - Director, Peter Benchley - Writer (screenplay) (novel), Carl Gottlieb - Writer (screenplay), David Brown - Producer, Richard D. Zanuck - Producer, Bill Butler - Cinematographer, John Williams - Composer, Joseph Alves Jr.¹ - Production Designer, Verna Fields - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Roy Scheider ... Chief Martin Brody	1,639
	Robert Shaw ... Sam Quint	2,617
	Richard Dreyfuss ... Matt Hooper	1,352
	Lorraine Gary ... Ellen Brody	6,559
	Murray Hamilton ... Mayor Larry Vaughn	6,505