Free Willy 3: The Rescue

About Free Willy 3: The Rescue

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.

Free Willy 3: The Rescue is a 1997 adventure family film directed by Sam Pillsbury. It runs 86 minutes and was released in August 1997.

The film is filed under ship, whale, killer whale, and whaler.

Jason James Richter takes the lead as Jesse, August Schellenberg as Randolph Johnson, Annie Corley as Drew Halbert, and Vincent Berry as Max Wesley. The screenplay is by John Mattson.

Orca, Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest make useful companions to Free Willy 3: The Rescue. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 403 votes and it carries a PG rating.