Movie
Piranha
Overview
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-08-03
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New World Pictures, Chako Film Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bradford Dillman as Paul Grogan
- Heather Menzies as Maggie McKeown
- Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Robert Hoak
- Keenan Wynn as Jack
- Dick Miller as Buck Gardner
- Barbara Steele as Dr. Mengers
- Belinda Balaski as Betsy
- Melody Thomas Scott as Laura Dickinson
- Bruce Gordon as Colonel Waxman
- Barry Brown as Trooper
- Paul Bartel as Mr. Dumont
- Shannon Collins as Suzie Grogan
Crew
- Joe Dante - Director
- John Sayles - Screenplay
- John Sayles - Story
- Richard Robinson - Story
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