Blue Water, White Death (1971)
The hunt for the Great White Shark.
Peter Gimbel and a team of photographers set out on an expedition to find and film, for the very first time, Carcharodon carcharias—the Great White Shark. The expedition lasted over nine months and took the team from Durban, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean, and finally to southern Australia.
- Date of release
- 1971-06-01
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- James Lipscomb, Peter Gimbel
Casting
- Tom Chapin — Self
- Peter Gimbel — Self
- Valerie Taylor — Self
- Ron Taylor — Self
- Phil Clarkson — Self
- Stuart Cody — Self
- Peter Lake — Self
Interesting facts
Blue Water, White Death is a 1971 American documentary film about sharks, which was directed by Peter Gimbel and James Lipscomb. It received favourable reviews and was described as a "well produced odyssey" and "exciting and often beautiful". It screened theatrically and was broadcast on television at various times during the 1970s and 1980s. The film was re-released on DVD in 2009.
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