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| Piranha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Gibson |
| Written by | Richard Finder |
| Produced by | Luis Guillermo and Villegas Blanco |
| Starring | William Smith Peter Brown Ahna Capri Tom Simcox |
| Cinematography | Luis Jacko |
| Music by | Richard LaSalle |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United 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.
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]
Piranha was first released on DVD in 2000.
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