Het lijk van een jonge vrouw spoelt aan op het strand van de Amerikaanse badplaats Amity. Politiechef Martin Brody start een onderzoek en vermoedt dat er een grote witte haai de wateren onveilig maakt.
| Writing | Carl Gottlieb | Screenplay |
| Editing | Verna Fields | Editor |
| Production | David Brown | Producer |
| Art | Joe Alves | Production Design |
| Art | Thomas J. Wright | Art Department Coordinator |
| Writing | Peter Benchley | Screenplay |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Production | Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Writing | Peter Benchley | Novel |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Robert A. Mattey | Special Effects |
| Art | John M. Dwyer | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Michael Chapman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Valerie Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Barbara Bass | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Joyner | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Leonard J.V. Compagno | Thanks |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Production Executive |
| Camera | Ron Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Fred Zendar | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Location Casting |
| Camera | Bill Butler | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Hubie Kerns Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank James Sparks | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Denise Cheshire | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard E. Butler | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Zendar | Stunts |
| Crew | Ron Veto | Stunts |
| Crew | Howard Curtis | Stunts |
| Crew | Preston Peterson | Stunts |
| Production | Lynn Murphy | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jim Gillespie | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | William C. Carruth | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Verne Caruso | Hairstylist |
| Art | Thomas J. Wright | Production Illustrator |
| Production | James Fargo | Unit Production Manager |
| Editing | Jeff Gourson | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Charlsie Bryant | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Robert L. Hoyt | Sound |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound |
| Art | Werner Keppler | Sculptor |
| Crew | Dick Ziker | Stunt Double |
