Namu, the Killer Whale

Namu, the Killer Whale
Directed byLászló Benedek
Written byArthur Weiss
Produced byLászló Benedek,
Lamar Boren,
Ivan Tors
StarringRobert Lansing,
Lee Meriwether,
Robin Mattson,
John Anderson,
Richard Erdman,
Joe Higgins,
Michael Shea
CinematographyLamar Boren
Edited byErwin Dumbrille
Music bySamuel Matlovsky
(original music),
Thomas "Tom" Glazer
(theme song)
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 1966 (1966-08)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Namu - Tamed". The Sumter Daily Item. January 9, 1971.