• Director(s)

    Michael Anderson

  • Production Year

    1977

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson

Film

Orca...Killer Whale

moderate threat, violence, injury detail, language, distressing scenes

ORCA, THE KILLER WHALE is an action drama, from 1977, in which a sailor who caused the deaths of an orca and its unborn child finds the animal's mate is now hunting him for revenge.…

ORCA, THE KILLER WHALE is an action drama, from 1977, in which a sailor who caused the deaths of an orca and its unborn child finds the animal's mate is now hunting him for revenge.

violence
A woman's leg is torn off in an animal attack, and others are bitten and pulled underwater. Animals are shot and harpooned, although there appears to be no harm to real animals.
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of threat in which a whale rams boats and houses to endanger humans, and attacks people. Humans hunt and kill animals.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('son of a bitch', 'screw') and milder terms including 'piss' 'bloody', 'Jesus', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
injury detail
A woman's bloody severed leg and stump are briefly seen. Clouds of blood appear in the water when humans and animals are wounded or killed.
disturbing images
A group of orcas exhibit extreme emotional distress when they are attacked by whalers, with one of the animals being injured and ejecting its unborn foetus during the attack. A whale is killed.
A woman uses the term 'retarded' in a scientific lecture. A man reveals his wife was killed, and lost their baby in the accident.

  • Director(s)

    Michael Anderson

  • Production Year

    1977

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson

Classified Date:
02/06/1977
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
EMI Dists
moderate threat, violence, injury detail, language, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
18/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
A woman's leg is torn off in an animal attack, and others are bitten and pulled underwater. Animals are shot and harpooned, although there appears to be no harm to real animals.
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of threat in which a whale rams boats and houses to endanger humans, and attacks people. Humans hunt and kill animals.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('son of a bitch', 'screw') and milder terms including 'piss' 'bloody', 'Jesus', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
injury detail
A woman's bloody severed leg and stump are briefly seen. Clouds of blood appear in the water when humans and animals are wounded or killed.
disturbing images
A group of orcas exhibit extreme emotional distress when they are attacked by whalers, with one of the animals being injured and ejecting its unborn foetus during the attack. A whale is killed.
A woman uses the term 'retarded' in a scientific lecture. A man reveals his wife was killed, and lost their baby in the accident.
Contains moderate violence and mild language
Classified Date:
09/04/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures
Contains moderate violence and mild language
Classified Date:
14/07/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd. - Video
Contains moderate violence and mild language
Classified Date:
04/12/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Channel 5
Contains moderate violence and mild language
Classified Date:
22/09/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Weintraub Entertainment Limited
Classified Date:
28/04/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures

  • Classified date

    18/06/2024

  • Language

    English