Jaws

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name from 1974. When a man-eating great white shark kills beachgoers in a summer vacation town, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) teams up with a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter to track it down (Robert Shaw). The mayor is played by Murray Hamilton, while Brody's wife is played by Lorraine Gary.

Jaws was the classic summer blockbuster, regarded as a breakthrough moment in film history for its soundtrack and editing, and it received plenty of honors. Until 1977, when Star Wars was released, it was the highest-grossing film. It was chosen for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2001 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Detailed Information:
Running time: 124 minutes
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Budget: $9 million
Box office: $472 million