A kind scientific : Robert Lansing meets an enormous killer whale, but the villagers want to kill the giant animal . Along the way, the good-natured scientist makes friends, an adorable little girl : Robin Mattson and her beautiful widow mother: Lee Meriwether. Make room in your heart for a six-ton pet ! . When you are six tons and they call you killer, it is hard to make friends !. He is the biggest animal in the whole wide world of aventure !.
This is an enjoyable family drama with emotion, ecologism, gorgeous outdoors and high sensibility . Many years later , this Orca saga to be continued in similar style by the famous "Free Willy" and its various sequels. It contains ample and gorgeous sea vistas, being very well photographed the exterior scenes, as well as undersea images with the great killer whale jumping and diving. Unfortunately, the killer whale Namu passed away soon after the movie was shot. Stars Robert Lansing as the compassionate scientist who forms an unlikely friendship with the giant whale , he was a good actor who has a few starring roles, the attractive Lee Meriwether especially known for Batman series, the little girl Robin Mattson to be followed a passable cinematic career and John Anderson with a long career as ordinary secondary actor here playing a hateful local citizen who wishes to kill the large whale.
It displays an emotive musical score, adding catching songs composed and sung by Tom Glazer and especially his sensitive Ballad of the Killer Whale . As well as colorful and brilliant cinematography shot in Natural Parks. Well financed by Ivan Tors , in fact he produced Flipper movie and Flipper TV series and other fillms about animals and wildlife. The motion picture was competently directed by Laszlo Benedek. He was a professional artisan who directed nice films as The Kissing Bandit, Moment of Danger, Port of New York, Bengala Rifles, Affair in Habana, Death of a salesman, and his biggest hit : The Wild one with Marlon Brando. He also directed a lot of TV episodes of notorious series such as : The Fugitive, Alfred Hitchcock presents, Mannix, Iron Horse, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, The Outer limits, among others. Rating : 6,5/10. The picture will appeal to children and animal lovers.