Orca - The Killer Whale (1977) DVD

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play. From Academy Award® nominated director Michael Anderson (Around The World In Eighty Days) and screenwriter Luciano Vincenzoni (The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly) comes a gripping and terrifying tale of man versus beast. Starring screen legends Richard Harris (Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stones, The Field) and Charlotte Rampling (Melancholia, Swimming Pool), Orca – the Killer Whale is a thrilling and ferocious action adventure of mythical proportions.   Initially on the hunt for a great white shark, the obsessive Captain Nolan (Harris) harpoons and kills a pregnant whale and her unborn foetus. Unbeknown to Nolan the atrocity was witnessed by her mate, a gigantic Orca killer whale. Intent on revenge the Orca begins to terrorise the nearby fishing village on a rampage of death and destruction. Only Nolan can bring an end to the devastation. He must face his enemy from the deep in a deadly quest that will take him and his crew to the edge of earth and towards a destiny drenched in spilled blood.   “Jaws with heart! Superb!” 5 stars (Scream Magazine)