Inspired by the enormous success of *Jaws*, Italian producer Dino de Laurentiis launched three big‑budget films with a similar premise. First was *King Kong* about a giant ape terrorising New York. Second was *The White Buffalo* about a giant herbivore terrorising the Old West. The third was *Orca*, directed in 1977 by Michael Anderson, the closest in concept to the original thanks to a plot about a large marine ani…More