A Whale for the Killing
Nature betrayed it. Whalers wanted it. And a whole town is ready to kill it.
7.0(1) 1981-02-01 145 minAdventureDramaFamilyTV Movie
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.
WriterLionel Chetwynd
ProducerRobert Lovenheim
DirectorRichard T. Heffron
Original Music ComposerBasil Poledouris
Cast & characters
Peter Strauss
as Charles Landon
Dee Wallace
as Janet Landon
Kathryn Walker
as Dr. Linda McFarland
Bruce McGill
as Glenn
Ken James
as Lorne
David Ferry
as Johnny Goodenough
Richard Widmark
as Tom Goodenough
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David Hollander
as Stevie Landon
Bill Calvert
as Tony Landon
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Larry Reynolds
as —
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George Merner
as —
Reuven Bar-Yotam
as —
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Kent Barrett
as —
Arthur Rosenberg
as —
Tommy Sexton
as —
Colin Fox
as —
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Vicki Whitten
as Jeannie
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Jack Jozefson
as —
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Austin Davis
as —
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Jon Baggaley
as Reporter
Frances Bay
as —
