Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997): Cast, Box Office & Plot

Jesse, a sixteen-year-old dedicated to orcas conservation, works as a research assistant aboard the ship Noah. He is accompanied by his longstanding friend Randolph (August Schellenberg), who promises Glen and Annie to keep Jesse out of trouble during their voyage. The ship, called Botany Bay, is engaged in the illegal hunting of whales, an activity that Jesse becomes suspicious of early on. During this journey, the ten-year-old Max Wesley (Vincent Berry) makes his first trip to sea with his father, John. As a seasoned whaler and part of a long lineage, John exposes Max to the grim reality of their family tradition, which involves selling whale meat secretly to an underground Japanese market.