Piranha
Piranha
Release: 1978-08-03
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.0
Horror
Science Fiction
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
New World Pictures
Chako Film Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kevin McCarthy
as Dr. Robert Hoak
Keenan Wynn
as Jack
Belinda Balaski
as Betsy
Bruce Gordon
as Colonel Waxman
Guich Koock
as TV Pitchman
Eric Braeden
as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Barbara Steele
as Dr. Mengers
Phil Tippett
as Scuba Diver (uncredited)
Bradford Dillman
as Paul Grogan
Melody Thomas Scott
as Laura Dickinson
Barry Brown
as Trooper
Richard Deacon
as Earl Lyon
Dick Miller
as Buck Gardner
Bruce Paul Barbour
as Man in Boat
Heather Menzies
as Maggie McKeown
Joe Dante
as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
John Sayles
as Army Sentry (uncredited)
Amy Holden Jones
as Hertz Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Bartel
as Mr. Dumont
Crew
Hisako Tsukuba
Co-Producer
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator
Joe Dante
Director, Editor
Joel Goldsmith
Location Sound Mixer
Rob Bottin
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Pino Donaggio
Original Music Composer
Tom Jacobson
Production Manager
Charles H. Eglee
Assistant Director
Phil Tippett
Creature Design
Chris Walas
Special Props
John Sayles
Screenplay, Story
Roger Corman
Executive Producer
Jon Berg
Special Effects
Dick Lowry
Second Unit Director
Jamie Anderson
Director of Photography
Mark Goldblatt
Editor