It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the reward. A local fisherman with much experience hunting sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the creature down for a hefty fee. Soon Quint, Brodie and Matt Hooper from the Oceanographic Institute are at sea hunting the Great White shark. As Brodie succinctly surmises after their first encounter with the creature, they're going to need a bigger boat.
Roy Scheider | Brody |
Susan Backlinie | Chrissie |
Richard Dreyfuss Roy Scheider Robert Shaw | |
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John Bahr | Beach Guitarist (uncredited) |
Robert Shaw | Quint |
Peter Benchley | Interviewer |
Richard Dreyfuss | Hooper |
Lorraine Gary | Ellen Brody |
Murray Hamilton | Vaughn |
Lee Fierro | Mrs. Kintner |
Carl Gottlieb | Meadows |
Jeffrey Kramer | Hendricks (as Jeffrey C. Kramer) |
Jeffrey C. Kramer | Hendricks |
Jonathan Filley | Cassidy |
Ted Grossman | Estuary Victim |
Chris Rebello | Michael Brody |
Jay Mello | Sean Brody |
Jeffrey Voorhees | Alex Kintner |
Craig Kingsbury | Ben Gardner |
Dr. Robert Nevin | Medical Examiner |
Bill Butler | Director of Photography |
Chris Anastasio | Out of Towner (uncredited) |
Jonathan Searle | Boy Swimmer with Cardboard Fin |
Dorothy Fielding | Girl in Music Store (uncredited) |
Tim Aguirre | Infant on Beach |
Verna Fields | Film Editor |
Steven Searle | Boy Swimmer with Cardboard Fin |
John Williams | Composer |
Allison Caine | Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited) |
John R. Carter | sound |
Robert Carroll | Mr. Polk (uncredited) |
Bruce | Shark |
Robert L. Hoyt | sound |
Edward Chalmers Jr. | Mr. Denherder |
David Engelbach | Research Assistant (uncredited) |
Jean Canha | Fat Lady |
Joseph Alves, Jr. | Production Designer |
Robert Chambers | Charlie (uncredited) |
Edwin C. Carlson | Man with Goff |
Denise Cheshire | Swimming Chrissie, First Victim (uncredited) |
Joseph Oliveira | Swimmer (uncredited) |
Henry Carreiro | Felix |
Fritzi Jane Courtney | Mrs. Taft |
Beverly Powers | Topless Swimmer (uncredited) |
Cyprian R. Dube | Mr. Posner (uncredited) |
Paul Goulart | Clarinet Player in Music Store (uncredited) |
Christopher Sands | Lifeguard (uncredited) |
Mike Haydn | Bonfire Guitarist (uncredited) |
Rex Trailer | Scout Master (uncredited) |
Duncan Inches | Townsperson (uncredited) |
Walter Hooper | Harry (uncredited) |
David Daniel | Hippie on Beach |
Belle McDonald | Mrs. Posner (uncredited) |
Gregory S. Dole | Sonar Operator |
Donald Poole | Frank Silva, Harbor Master (uncredited) |
Joe La Creta | Barwood (uncredited) |
Peggy Scott | Polly (uncredited) |
Stephen Earle | Converted Man |
Steven Spielberg | Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited) |
Phil Murray | Mr. Taft (uncredited) |
Robin Eddins | Screaming Swimmer |
Alfred Wilde | Harry Wiseman (uncredited) |
Dick Young | Pratt |
Ayn Ruymen | Nurse (uncredited) |
Robert A. Mattey | Special Effects |
Francis A. Frank | Boat Rental Man |
Shari Rhodes | Casting |
Brendan Gallagher | Man with Dynamite |
Elizabeth K. Gifford | Island Wife |
Hershel West | Salvatore (uncredited) |
Willis B. Gifford | Man |
Gregory King | Sound Department |
Alston Goff | Lynwood Shop Keeper |
Norval D. Crutcher III | Sound Department |
James Fargo | Unit Production Manager |
George Fredrick | Sound Department |
Beardsley Graham | Mainlander |
Gary S. Gerlich | Sound Department |
Eleanor L. Harvey | Motorboat Skipper |
Walter A. Gest | Sound Department |
L. Andrew Stone | Assistant Director |
Roger Heman Jr. | Sound Department |
Richard P. Hewitt | Walter |
William Hooper | Sound Department |
Carla Hogendyk | Artist |
William C. Carruth | Assistant editor |
Andy Koyama | Sound Department |
Wally Hooper Jr. | Harry |
Jeff Gourson | Assistant editor |
Richard LeGrand Jr. | Sound Department |
Janice T. Hull | Lady Fisherman |
Charlsie Bryant | Script Supervisor |
Earl Madery | Sound Department |
Stephanie Hull | Swimming Girl |
Colin C. Mouat | Sound Department |
Wayne Iacono | Spotter |
Patrick O'Sullivan | Sound Department |
Philip Rogers | Sound Department |
Joseph G. Kraetzer | Local Merchant |