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Reviews 46% Audience Score 50+ Ratings After fishermen off the coast of Washington state slay a killer whale, the dead animal's mate founders in the coastal waters. Marine biologist Hank Donner...
Namu, the Killer Whale: Directed by Laslo Benedek. With Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Robin Mattson, Richard Erdman. Robert Lansing and Lee Meriwether star in this warm and compelling family drama about a compassionate scientist who forms an unlikely friendship with a magnificent killer whale.
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- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Laslo Benedek
- 1966-08-01
This is an outstanding film about a killer whale named Naumu who is being protected by an oceanographer, Robert Lansing,(Hank Donner) and has a very hard time trying to tell the local towns people that this whale is not harmful.
Robert Lansing and Lee Meriwether star in this warm and compelling family drama about a compassionate scientist who forms an unlikely friendship with a magnificent killer whale.
Namu, the Killer Whale (re-issued as Namu, My Best Friend) is a 1966 American film about a "killer whale" (orca) being studied by a local marine biologist after the murder of his mate and initially feared by local townspeople.
Based on the amazing true story of a marine biologist (Robert Lansing) who befriends a six-ton Orcawhale, this "honest, fascinating and vigorously wholesome film" (Citizen-News) is heartwarming fun for the whole family.
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