Piranha (1978)
Piranha (1978)


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Cast & Crew.

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 Robinson
Writer

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) / Director / Editor

Amy Holden Jones
Hertz Clerk (uncredited)

Andrew G. La Marca
Scuba Diver #1 (uncredited)

John Sayles
Army Sentry (uncredited) / Screenplay / Story

Phil Tippett
Scuba Diver (uncredited) / Creature Design

Roger Corman
Executive Producer

Jon Davison
Producer

Pino Donaggio
Original Music Composer

Mark Goldblatt
Editor

Rob Bottin
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Vincent Prentice
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Jon Berg
Special Effects

Dave Morton
Mechanical & Creature Designer

Robert Short
Special Props

Chris Walas
Special Props

Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator

Chako Van Leeuwen
Co-Producer

Jeff Schechtman
Executive Producer

Hisako Tsukuba
Co-Producer

Jamie Anderson
Director of Photography

Susan Arnold
Casting

Bill Mellin
Art Direction

Kerry Mellin
Art Direction

Jeff Ayers
Set Decoration

Richard Robinson
Story
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Details.
Release DateAugust 3, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingR
Budget$660,000
Box Office$16,000,000
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Piranha is a 1978 American comedy horror film directed and co-edited by Joe Dante from a screenplay by John Sayles, based on a story by Richard Robinson and Sayles. The film stars Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. It tells the story of a river being infested by lethal, genetically altered piranha, threatening the lives of the local inhabitants and the visitors to a nearby summer resort.
Executive produced by Roger Corman, Piranha is the first installment in a series of low-budget B movies inspired by the film Jaws (1975), which had been a major success for Universal Pictures and director Steven Spielberg. Initially, Universal had considered obtaining an injunction to prevent Piranha being released, particularly as they had released Jaws 2 the same summer, but the lawsuit was dropped after Spielberg himself gave the film a positive comment in advance. Released on August 3, 1978, the film was a commercial success and later became a cult film. Piranha was followed by a sequel, Piranha II: The Spawning (1982), and two remakes, one in 1995 and another in 2010, which spawned its own sequel in 2012.
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