A Whale for the Killing

Name: A Whale for the Killing
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, TV Movie
Released: 1981-02-01
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Peter Strauss, Dee Wallace, Kathryn Walker, Bruce McGill, Ken James

“Nature betrayed it. Whalers wanted it. And a whole town is ready to kill it.”

1981

2h 25m

Adventure Drama Family TV Movie

Director: Richard T. Heffron

Writer: Lionel Chetwynd

Overview

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.