Movie ID: Group needs to escape through orca-infested bay

December 1, 2015 2:16 PM

I am trying to identify a movie I saw in the 1970s, perhaps in theaters or perhaps on TV and thus released earlier. It was in color. A group of people is on a cliff, looking at a bay, and worrying that the orcas that live in the bay will prevent their escape from---something. I'm sorry but that's all I have. Any idea what I was watching?
posted by drdanger to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Perhaps the 1977 horror film, Orca? Here's the trailer.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 2:17 PM on December 1, 2015

Best answer: The Island at the Top of the World (1974)?

I haven't seen it myself, but there's a scene where characters look over a cliff shortly before before paddling through a bay of savage orca, to escape from warriors of a lost Viking civilisation...
posted by Morfil Ffyrnig at 7:24 PM on December 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thank you, Morfil Ffyrnig, that's it!
posted by drdanger at 1:26 AM on December 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

Somewhat eponysterical answer on my part. :)

And I owe you thanks for inadvertently introducing me to this film, because that Attack of the Killer Whale Bath Toys scene cracked me up. Bless your heart, 1970s SFX.
posted by Morfil Ffyrnig at 2:51 AM on December 2, 2015 [2 favorites]

Fun trivia: One of the writers for The Island at the Top of the World was Joss Whedon's dad, John Whedon.
posted by bricoleur at 11:01 AM on December 2, 2015 [1 favorite]