The Day of the Dolphin
1973 · Movie · 1h 45m
DramaScience FictionThrillerAdventure
"Unwittingly, he trained a dolphin to kill the president of the United States."
Overview
A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
Ratings
IMDb
6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
40/100
Key crew
- Mike NicholsDirector
- Buck HenryScreenplay
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George C. ScottJake Terrell
- Trish Van DevereMaggie Terrell
- Paul SorvinoCurtis Mahoney
- Fritz WeaverHarold DeMilo
- John DehnerWallingford
- Severn DardenSchwinn
- Elizabeth WilsonMrs. Rome
- William RoerickDunhill
- Jon KorkesDavid
- Edward HerrmannMike
- Leslie CharlesonMaryanne
- Victoria RacimoLana
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookmarine biologistdolphintalking to animalsrogue agentassassination of presidentassassination attemptanimal researchpolitical conspiracy