| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Richard T. Heffron |
| Starring: | Peter Strauss Dee Wallace Kathryn Walker Richard Widmark Bruce McGill |
| Theme Music Composer: | Basil Poledouris |
| Country: | United States |
| Executive Producer: | Hugh M. Hefner Edward L. Rissien |
| Producer: | Robert Lovenheim Peter Strauss |
| Location: | Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Bay Area, San Francisco, California |
| Editor: | Michael Eliot Robert Florio |
| Cinematography: | Edmond L. Koons |
| Runtime: | 145 min. |
| Company: | Beowulf Productions Playboy Productions |
| Network: | ABC |
A Whale for the Killing is an American television film that aired on ABC on February 1, 1981. It is loosely based on a true story by environmentalist Farley Mowat, about a whale that is tortured by a fisherman. The incident happened near Burgeo, Newfoundland, while Mowat & family lived there.[1]
The film, based on Mowat's 1972 book of the same name, received two Primetime Emmy nominations.
The later Canadian singer Alan Doyle starred as a boy on a bridge in the movie. In 2012 he released his solo album Boy on Bridge which paid tribute to the role.[2]
The soundtrack is available on CD from BSX Records.[3] The score was composed by Basil Poledouris. Also included on the same CD is the soundtrack to the 1992 theatrical film Wind, also composed by Poledouris.