"Nature betrayed it. Whalers wanted it. And a whole town is ready to kill it."01 February 1981Adventure, Drama, Family145 mins
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A Whale for the Killing - 1981 ABC Sunday Night Movie
Made-for-TV** In this three-hour drama Peter Strauss is an outsider stranded with his family in a Newfoundland coastal resort where he flies in the face of ...
A Whale For The Killing - the song from the 1981 TV movie
Taken from a battered ex-rental VHS tape this is the song from about three-quarters of the way through the TV movie "A Whale For The Killing". Sung by Denny ...
La Baleine du bout du monde - Richard T. Heffron - 1981 (A Whale for the Killing)
A Whale for the Killing full hd movie trailer.
A Whale For the Killing- Music Video
Song by: Kelly Newton Project by: Kailey and Eiley.
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