Alligator (1980)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
David Madison	Robert Forster
Marisa	Robin Riker	½
Slade	Dean Jagger	½
Col. Brock	Henry Silva
Chief Clark	Michael Gazzo
Mayor	Jack Carter

Review

Penned by a young John Sayles, who'd written the Jaws spoof Piranha two years earlier, this is a mildly amusing fantasy in the same vein as the two before-mentioned films. Admittedly, Alligator helps itself to more creative liberties (read: illogicalities) than its counterparts, but thrust forward by a young, sexy and shamelessly talented Robert Forster, the film has drive and some useful scares and thrills. That is, until it dries out and becomes standard and dull.