Piranha (1972 film)

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Piranha
Directed byWilliam Gibson
Written byRichard Finder
Produced byLuis Guillermo and Villegas Blanco
StarringWilliam Smith
Peter Brown
Ahna Capri
Tom Simcox
CinematographyLuis Jacko
Music byRichard LaSalle
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States

Piranha, also known as Piranha, Piranha or Caribe, is a 1972 Venezuelan adventure-thriller film starring William Smith, Peter Brown and Ahna Capri. Smith and Brown had previously starred together in the Laredo Western TV series.

Plot[edit]

Art Greene (Tom Simcox) and his sister Terry (Ahna Capri) are a couple of wildlife photographers exploring the Amazon region with their American guide Jim Pendrake (Peter Brown). They stumble across a deadly predator when they meet Caribe (William Smith), a homicidal maniac whose hobbies include tracking and hunting human prey.[1]

Cast[edit]

Home media[edit]

Piranha was first released on DVD in 2000.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ pp. 197-198 Senn, Bryan The Most Dangerous Cinema: People Hunting People on Film McFarland 29 Oct 2013

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