Piranha

A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...

Piranha (1978)

HorrorComedyScience Fiction

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Director: Joe Dante
Writer: John Sayles

Release Date: 1978-08-03
Status: Released
Run time: 94 min / 1:34
Budget: $660,000
Revenue: $16,000,000
Production Companies : New World Pictures, Chako Film Company
Production Country: United States of America

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Bradford Dillman
Paul Grogan
Heather Menzies
Maggie McKeown
Kevin McCarthy
Dr. Robert Hoak
Keenan Wynn
Jack
Dick Miller
Buck Gardner
Barbara Steele
Dr. Mengers
Belinda Balaski
Betsy
Melody Thomas Scott
Laura Dickinson
Bruce Gordon
Colonel Waxman
Barry Brown
Trooper
Paul Bartel
Mr. Dumont
Shannon Collins
Suzie Grogan
Shawn Nelson
Whitney
Richard Deacon
Earl Lyon
Janie Squire
Barbara Randolph
Roger Richman
David
Bill Smillie
Jailer
Guich Koock
TV Pitchman
Jack Pauleson
Boy in Canoe
Eric Henshaw
Father in Canoe
Robert Vinson
Soldier
Virginia Dunnam
Girl
Diamond Farnsworth
Water-skier
Bruce Paul Barbour
Man in Boat
Robyn Ray
Screaming Woman
Mike Sullivan
Dam Guard
Jack Cardwell
Brandy
Sally Bondi
Swimming Deb (uncredited)
Eric Braeden
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Joe Dante
Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
Amy Holden Jones
Hertz Clerk (uncredited)
Andrew G. La Marca
Scuba Diver #1 (uncredited)
John Sayles
Army Sentry (uncredited)
Phil Tippett
Scuba Diver (uncredited)

Crew

Editing Mark Goldblatt Editor
Production Roger Corman Executive Producer
Directing Joe Dante Director
Editing Joe Dante Editor
Production Jon Davison Producer
Visual Effects Phil Tippett Creature Design
Crew Conrad E. Palmisano Stunt Coordinator
Camera Jamie Anderson Director of Photography
Production Susan Arnold Casting
Sound Pino Donaggio Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Vincent Prentice Special Effects Makeup Artist
Art Chris Walas Special Props
Writing John Sayles Screenplay
Writing John Sayles Story
Costume & Make-Up Rob Bottin Special Effects Makeup Artist
Art Robert Short Special Props
Production Hisako Tsukuba Co-Producer
Production Jeff Schechtman Executive Producer
Crew Jon Berg Special Effects
Art Bill Mellin Art Direction
Art Kerry Mellin Art Direction
Art Jeff Ayers Set Decoration
Writing Richard Robinson Story
Visual Effects Dave Morton Mechanical & Creature Designer

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