A Whale for the Killing is an American television film that aired on ABC on February 1, 1981.

It is loosely based on a true story by environmentalist Farley Mowat, about a whale that is tortured by a fisherman.

[1] The film, based on Mowat's 1972 book of the same name, received two Primetime Emmy nominations.

The later Canadian singer Alan Doyle starred as a boy on a bridge in the movie.

Also included on the same CD is the soundtrack to the 1992 theatrical film Wind, also composed by Poledouris.