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A Whale for the Killing is an American television film that aired on ABC on February 1, 1981. It is loosely based on a true story by environmentalist Farley Mowat, about a whale that is tortured by a fisherman. The incident happened near Burgeo, Newfoundland, while Mowat & family lived there.
- Drama
When New Yorkers Charles (Peter Strauss) and Janet Landon (Dee Wallace) are boating with their children, a storm forces them inland to a small coastal village in Newfoundland. Once there, they ...
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- Richard Heffron
- Drama
- Peter Strauss
Star and co-producer Peter Strauss is an outsider, stranded with his family in a Newfoundland coastal resort, where he flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with the support only of his wife and one of the locals, Richard Widmark.
- Richard Heffron
- Colin Fox
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A disillusioned architect (Peter Strauss) is obsessed with protecting a whale trapped off the coast of Newfoundland. Richard Widmark, Dee Wallace. Tony: Bill Calvert.
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...
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.
