Jaws (film)
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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biolog
Theatrical release poster by Roger Kastel
Director Steven Spielberg in 2018
The first three drafts of the screenplay for Jaws were written by Peter Benchley (pictured in 1974), the author of the original novel.
The fishing village of Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, was the primary location.
Robert Shaw
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Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth,
Jaws (film)
…Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a New England resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the town's mayor, and Lorraine Gary…
Shaw in a 1958 advertisement for The Buccaneers
Shaw in The Buccaneers (1957)
Robert Shaw memorial in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland, near the location where he died
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