Jaws (1975) is a classic horror-thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. Set in a small beach town, the movie follows the story of a great white shark that terrorizes the town, leaving the police chief, a marine biologist, and a grizzled fisherman to hunt it
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter, hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a New England resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the town's mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.