---
title: 'Jaws (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Steven Spielberg'
released: '1975-06-20'
runtime_minutes: 124
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jaws-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jaws (1975)

1975 · PG · 124 min · Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · United States

Part of: Jaws

## Synopsis

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 biologist and a professional shark hunter, 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 portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Steven Spielberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-spielberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gottlieb), [Peter Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-benchley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Producer:** [Richard D. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-d-zanuck), [David Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brown)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bill Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-butler-2)
- **Editor:** [Verna Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-fields)

## Cast

- [Lee Fierro](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-fierro)
- [Susan Backlinie](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-backlinie)
- [Richard Dreyfuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dreyfuss) as Matt Hooper
- [Lorraine Gary](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorraine-gary) as Ellen Brody
- [Steven Spielberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-spielberg)
- [Carl Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gottlieb)
- [Craig Kingsbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-kingsbury)
- [Murray Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-hamilton)
- [Robert Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaw)
- [Roy Scheider](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-scheider) as Martin Brody
- [Jeffrey Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-kramer)
- [Peter Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-benchley)

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