Piranha
717 reviews
Horror/Sci-Fi
1h 34m
1978
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
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When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
- DirectorJoe Dante
- Release3 August 1978
- Genre
- Duration1h 34m
- Budget$660,000
- Revenue$16,000,000
- Rate717 reviews
- Productions
New World Pictures, Chako Film Company
Cast

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

Richard Deacon
Earl Lyon

Guich Koock
TV Pitchman

Bruce Paul Barbour
Man in Boat

Eric Braeden
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)

Joe Dante
Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)

Amy Holden Jones
Hertz Clerk (uncredited)

John Sayles
Army Sentry (uncredited)

Phil Tippett
Scuba Diver (uncredited)
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