Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Dreyfuss wearing a black suit, shirt, and tie, with eyeglasses hanging around his neck, smiling at an event in 2010.

Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw lean over the side of a boat as a large great white shark with open jaws emerges from the water in a scene from the film Jaws.

Infographic titled Jaws Bites featuring a large illustrated shark at the center, surrounded by colorful fact blocks about the 1975 movie Jaws, including release date, cast, box office totals, shark statistics, death count, and trivia such as the famous improvised line and Oscar wins.

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American actor

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Richard Dreyfuss wearing a black suit, shirt, and tie, with eyeglasses hanging around his neck, smiling at an event in 2010.

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor Richard Dreyfuss, 2010.

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Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw lean over the side of a boat as a large great white shark with open jaws emerges from the water in a scene from the film Jaws.

“You're gonna need a bigger boat.”

Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Robert Shaw in a scene from Jaws.

© 1975 Universal Pictures Company, Inc.

Infographic titled Jaws Bites featuring a large illustrated shark at the center, surrounded by colorful fact blocks about the 1975 movie Jaws, including release date, cast, box office totals, shark statistics, death count, and trivia such as the famous improvised line and Oscar wins.

Jaws bites

Discover fascinating facts about the classic summer blockbuster Jaws (1975).

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