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Killer Fish

  • 19791979
  • PGPG
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
2.2K
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Killer Fish (1979)
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
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Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
    • Antonio Margheriti
    • Michael Rogers(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lee Majors
    • Karen Black
    • Margaux Hemingway
    • Antonio Margheriti
    • Michael Rogers(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lee Majors
    • Karen Black
    • Margaux Hemingway
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 38User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    Margaux Hemingway, Lee Majors, Karen Black, and James Franciscus at an event for Killer Fish (1979)
    Margaux Hemingway, Lee Majors, Karen Black, and Roy Brocksmith in Killer Fish (1979)
    Margaux Hemingway in Killer Fish (1979)
    Marisa Berenson in Killer Fish (1979)
    Margaux Hemingway in Killer Fish (1979)
    Margaux Hemingway in Killer Fish (1979)
    Marisa Berenson and Anthony Steffen in Killer Fish (1979)
    Marisa Berenson in Killer Fish (1979)
    Margaux Hemingway in Killer Fish (1979)
    Karen Black in Killer Fish (1979)
    Marisa Berenson and Gary Collins in Killer Fish (1979)
    Gary Collins in Killer Fish (1979)

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    Lee Majors
    Lee Majors
    • Robert Lasky
    Karen Black
    Karen Black
    • Kate Neville
    Margaux Hemingway
    Margaux Hemingway
    • Gabrielle
    Marisa Berenson
    Marisa Berenson
    • Ann Hoyt
    James Franciscus
    James Franciscus
    • Paul Diller
    Roy Brocksmith
    Roy Brocksmith
    • Ollie
    Dan Pastorini
    • Hans
    Frank Pesce
    Frank Pesce
    • Warren Bailey
    Charles Guardino
    • Lloyd Bailey
    Anthony Steffen
    Anthony Steffen
    • Max
    Fábio Sabag
    Fábio Sabag
    • Quintin
    Jorge Cherques
    • Police Inspector
    • (as George Cherques)
    Chico Aragão
    • Ben
    • (as Chico Arago)
    Gary Collins
    Gary Collins
    • Tom
    Sônia Oiticica
    Sônia Oiticica
    • Nurse
    • (as Sonia Oiticica)
    Celso Faria
    • Passenger
      • Antonio Margheriti
      • Michael Rogers(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Many information sources such as reviews and catalogs state the film's date as being 1978 not 1979. A title card in the opening credits clearly gives the copyright date as 1978. But the picture was not actually first released until 1979. Such information sources can also spell the title differently as well, as one word as with 'Killerfish', or with two words as with 'Killer Fish'.
    • Goofs
      One of the final shots of the destruction of the oil refinery, a crew member is in the background. The scenes use miniature model sets, so he looks gigantic.
    • Quotes

      Kate Neville: Have you ever broken it before?

      Hans: Probably.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC for an 'A' (PG) certificate with heavy edits to the killing of Ollie by the piranhas. The 1986 Channel 5 was uncut and the certificate raised to a '15'.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: French Postcards/The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh/The Marriage of Maria Braun/The Rose/Best Boy (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      THE WINNER TAKES ALL
      Written by Barry Leng, Simon May, Guido De Angelis & Maurizio De Angelis

      Performed by Amii Stewart

    User reviews38

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    5/10
    Almost a "guilty pleasure"
    This movie mixes together two sets of characters at a Brazilian lake-resort: a gang of jewel-thieves fresh from a heist and a company of people involved in photographing a fashion layout. The tensions and turmoils which occur when these two groups come together are not without interest but they create too much clutter. To correct this, some of the characters, (such as those played by Marisa Berenson and Gary Collins), might have been eliminated. A few of the incidents in the first half of the movie might also have been shortened or cut entirely in order to concentrate on the movie's strength -- a long but suspenseful sequence in the last two reels in which a number of people are trapped on a boat which is sinking in the middle of a piranha-infested lake.

    At least the clutter provides room for a large and rather bizarrely-diverse cast. Where else can one find, on one marquee, Lee Majors, Karen Black, Margaux Hemingway, Marisa Berenson, James Franciscus, Gary Collins, and Dan Pastorini?

    Lee Majors has a brief and disappointingly modest shower scene and James Franciscus gets to take his shirt off for a weight-lifting shot but most of the movie's "beefcake" is provided by 27-year-old football-quarterback Dan Pastorini of the Houston Oilers. There's a scene on his hotel-room bed in which Karen Black examines his bare chest for injuries following a car crash. This scene serves as kind of a warm-up for his appearance, two years later, in a Playgirl Magazine photospread set inside a shower room. While most of these photos showed Pastorini in a wet, filled-to-capacity jockstrap, others featured him in poses which suggest that his position on a football team should not have been "quarterback" but rather "tight end."

    The Brazilian backgrounds provide a bit of scenic interest, though not as much as one might wish, and there are some passably-good special effects when a dam breaks, creating a tidal wave of havoc.
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    • Nov 26, 2002

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    • Release date
      • December 7, 1979 (United States)
      • Italy
      • France
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Brazil
      • Kino Lorber (United States)
      • English
      • Portuguese
      • Italian
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Production companies
      • Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
      • Fawcett-Majors Productions
      • Filmar do Brasil
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
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      • Mono

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