Jaws is a 1975 thriller directed by steven spielberg and based on peter benchleys novel roy scheider stars as police chief martin brody who becomes obsessed with catching a great white shark that is terrorising amity island also starring robert shaw and richard dreyfuss jaws is one of the most popular films of all time this is not official merchandise it is an original design inspired by jaws and should not be associated with official products from universal city studios llcltbr gtl