New England Our Way

Dec 9, 1974

0h 51m

★ 0.0

Overview

The program is a fascinating look some at the key people involved with JAWS before it was released. It contains interviews with the “big three” of Scheider, Dreyfuss and Shaw, Steven Spielberg, and Martha’s Vineyard local Craig Kingsbury, who played Ben Gardner.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

WBZ-TV

NBC

New England Our Way Trailers

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Cast

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Steven Spielberg

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Robert Shaw

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Roy Scheider

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Richard Dreyfuss

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Craig Kingsbury

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Walter Cronkite

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Betsy Cronkite

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Henry Hough

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Phil Spaulding

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Kate Taylor

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Cathy Mathiesen

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George Mathiesen

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