150 Greatest Movie Performances Of All Time

Part one (150-121)

By Total FilmDec 8th 2008

2. 150. Robert Shaw - Quint, Jaws (1976)

“Eleven hundred men went in the water, 316 come out.” A salty seadog, half Captain Ahab, half Captain Pugwash, Robert Shaw’s shark hunter channels the spirit of Gregory Peck in Moby Dick with an added layer of crusty barnacles.

Shaw made the role his own despite hating the movie and Richard Dreyfuss. “He’d walk on to set,” recalls his co-star, “and turn into this vicious guy who tried to cut you down at the knees.”

Greatest Moment: The USS Indianapolis monologue, a speech that Shaw wrote himself.

Also See:  Henry VIII (A Man For All Seasons), Lord Randolph Churchill (Young Winston), Doyle Lonnegan (The Sting).

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