Orca, The Killer Whale

You know, I thought that this movie would be complete crap. I figured that it would be a "Jaws" ripoff (not that I've seen "Jaws"). It certainly wasn't terribly good, but it certainly had its own story, and it wasn't a horror flick. Interspecies melodrama involving fishing boats on the high seas... "Free Willy" may have stolen a page or two from this flick. It was nice to see Richard Harris in a non-mumbling role, and the (not Bo Derrick) female character was not 100% disposable (by 70s standards). Rated 5-