A Whale for the Killing (1981)
Nature betrayed it. Whalers wanted it. And a whole town is ready to kill it.
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.
- Date of release
- 1981-02-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Family, TV Movie
- Director
- Richard T. Heffron
Casting
- Peter Strauss — Charles Landon
- Dee Wallace — Janet Landon
- Kathryn Walker — Dr. Linda McFarland
- Bruce McGill — Glenn
- Ken James — Lorne
- David Ferry — Johnny Goodenough
- Richard Widmark — Tom Goodenough
- David Hollander — Stevie Landon
- Bill Calvert — Tony Landon
- Larry Reynolds
- George Merner
- Reuven Bar-Yotam
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