Jaws was a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name.
The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Murray Hamilton as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity Island, and Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife, Ellen.
