American thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. A large man-eating shark wreaks havoc off the coast of Long Island whilst local sheriff Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) finds himself caught between a panicking community and a town council eager to play down the reported deaths. However, the mounting body count cannot be ignored, so Brody heads off on a shark hunt accompanied by marine biologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and veteran fisherman (Robert Shaw).