Whale for the Killing Movie Review 1981

An ecologist stranded in a remote Alaskan fishing village battles to save a beached humpbacked whale from a malicious Russian fisherman. Platitudinous and self-congratulatory, if well-meaning. From a book by Farley Mowat.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 145 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Go Fish, Whales

Cast

Richard Widmark, Peter Strauss, Dee Wallace Stone, Bruce McGill, Kathryn Walker

Director

Richard T. Heffron

Music

Basil Poledouris

Producer

Playboy Enterprises