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- For the episode, see MST3K 1205 - Killer Fish.
Killer Fish is a 1979 suspense/horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti.
Plot[]
In Brazil, a team of thieves steals a cache of valuable jewels and hides them at the bottom of a reservoir until they can be retrieved without attracting the attention of the authorities. Unbeknownst to the thieves, the mastermind of the robbery has stocked the reservoir with deadly piranha in order to prevent any of the team from betraying him by retrieving the stolen gems without him.
Complications ensue as the thieves' loyalties are challenged. A photography crew (including a glamorous young model) becomes embroiled in the scheme as well.
Cast[]
- Lee Majors as Lasky
- Karen Black as Kate
- James Franciscus as Paul Diller
- Margaux Hemingway as Gabrielle
- Marisa Berenson as Ann
- Gary Collins as Tom
Notes[]
- The trailer for Season 12 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (released on November 12th, 2018) revealed that Killer Fish would be one of the films riffed.[1]
- Lee Majors' company Fawcett-Majors Productions co-produced this film. Majors was married to actress Farrah Fawcett (of the TV series Charlie's Angels) at the time.
- Actress Margaux Hemingway was the granddaughter of acclaimed author Ernest Hemingway and the sister of actress Mariel Hemingway.
- Financier Sir Lew Grade was also a producer of The Muppet Show and the first two subsequent Muppet films.
MST3K Connections[]
- Lee Majors also portrayed Franklyn Hart in The Last Chase.
- James Franciscus also portrayed Jimbo in City on Fire and Clayton Stone in Space Travelers.
- Gary Collins also portrayed Steve Bancroft in Hangar 18.
- Editor Roberto Sterbini was also editor for Devil Fish.
- Second unit director Ignazio Dolce also had an unspecified role in Hercules and the Captive Women.
- Assistant director Joe Pollini was also first assistant director for The Pumaman.
- Dialogue director Lewis E. Ciannelli was also ADR director for Cave Dwellers, a voice dubber in Escape 2000, and writer and director of English dialogue for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
Critical Response[]
- Leonard Maltin wrote: "Two stars ... predictable outing filmed in Brazil. Same fishy predators were used in much more enjoyable film, Pirahna."[2]
- Gene Siskel picked this movie as his Dog of the Week on the November 15, 1979 episode of Sneak Previews.
- Margaux Hemingway "won" the Worst Supporting Actress Award in the 1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards.
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/WdBCpnqFNew
- ↑ Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, 2015 Edition