Directed by:
Mike NicholsScreenplay:
Buck HenryCinematography:
William A. FrakerComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, John Dehner, Severn Darden, Elizabeth Wilson, William Roerick, Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann (more)Plots(1)
A doctor has worked for years with a pair of dolphins, training them to speak and understand English. When the dolphins are stolen and he learns that they are going to be used in an assassination attempt, he races against time to find out who the target is and stop the crime. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![George C. Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/903/162903645_39aa26.png)
George C. Scott
USA
Best movies:
![Trish Van Devere](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321504_93a421.jpg)
Trish Van Devere
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Changeling (1980)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
![Paul Sorvino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/511/166511891_44c814.jpg)
Paul Sorvino
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Kill the Irishman (2011)
![John Dehner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354670_6a3ad6.jpg)
John Dehner
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
![Severn Darden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/479/159479593_419014.jpg)
Severn Darden
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Vanishing Point (1971)
![Elizabeth Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262646_6af0df.jpg)
Elizabeth Wilson
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Notorious (1946)
William Roerick
USA
Best movies:
The Harder They Fall (1956)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Not of This Earth (1957)
![Fritz Weaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755470_a61fb3.jpg)
Fritz Weaver
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 7: Tunguska (1996) (video compilation)
Fail-Safe (1964)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Edward Herrmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272896_205945.jpg)
Edward Herrmann
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
A Foreign Field (1993)
![Victoria Racimo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/077/158077975_06ed84.jpg)
Victoria Racimo
USA
Best movies:
Brave New World (1980) (TV movie)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
The Mountain Men (1980)
![Phyllis Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279820_7692ea.jpg)
Phyllis Davis
USA
Best movies:
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Spinout (1966)
![Jon Korkes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/542/162542892_af5d2c.jpg)
Jon Korkes
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Catch-22 (1970)
The Out of Towners (1970)
Leslie Charleson
USA
Best movies:
Chaotic Ana (2007)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Florence Stanley
USA
Best movies:
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
![Buck Henry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/979/164979223_cf3fb2.jpg)
Buck Henry
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Taking Off (1971)
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
John David Carson
USA
Best movies:
Pretty Woman (1990)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Pat Zurica
USA
Best movies:
Patton (1970)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Bank Shot (1974)