

A Whale for the Killing(1981)
"Nature betrayed it. Whalers wanted it. And a whole town is ready to kill it."
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.
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Peter Strauss
Charles Landon

Dee Wallace
Janet Landon

Kathryn Walker
Dr. Linda McFarland

Bruce McGill
Glenn

Ken James
Lorne

David Ferry
Johnny Goodenough

Richard Widmark
Tom Goodenough
David Hollander
Stevie Landon

Bill Calvert
Tony Landon
Larry Reynolds
George Merner

Reuven Bar-Yotam
Kent Barrett

Arthur Rosenberg

Tommy Sexton

Colin Fox
Vicki Whitten
Jeannie
Jack Jozefson
Austin Davis
Jon Baggaley
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Frances Bay
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