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Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)

Film · 1997 · 86 min · PG · Family · Adventure

A new friend. A new threat. A new adventure that will capture your heart.

Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse.

Directed by Sam Pillsbury

Starring Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick, Tasha Simms, Peter LaCroix, Stephen E. Miller

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In cinemas8 August 1997
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First release anywhere6 August 1997

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