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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
Edited byThea Bentler
Music byRichard LaSalle
Production
company
Magellan Productions
Distributed bySeventh Seal Distribution
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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Home media

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Piranha was first released on DVD in 2000.

Notes

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