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Willard Stiles (Bruce Davison, Insidious: Chapter 4) is a young man with a big problem. He lives alone in a crumbling house with his ailing mother (Elsa Lanchester, Arnold, Bride of Frankenstein). His boss, Al Martin (Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York) is a vulgar, cruel man who stole his business from Willard's father and is now working Willard to death at his factory job.
Lonely, depressed and isolated, Willard is on the verge of a breakdown when he makes a new friend: Ben, one of the many rats who inhabit his dilapidated home. Not only can Willard communicate with the rodent, but he can actually command him to do his bidding. Using Ben and his furry friends as instruments of retaliation, Willard commands his pets to carry out his vengeance…
Original Release
02/26/1971
US Release
02/26/1971
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bruce Davison | Willard Stiles |
Sondra Locke | Joan Simms |
Elsa Lanchester | Henrietta Stiles |
Ernest Borgnine | Martin / Al Martin |
Michael Dante | Brandt |
Jody Gilbert | Charlotte Stassen |
William Hansen | Barskin |
John Myhers | Carlson |
J. Pat O'Malley | Jonathan Farley |
Joan Shawlee | Alice / Alice Rickles |
Directors
Writers
Gilbert Ralston, Stephen Gilbert
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bruce Davison | Willard Stiles |
Sondra Locke | Joan Simms |
Elsa Lanchester | Henrietta Stiles |
Ernest Borgnine | Martin / Al Martin |
Michael Dante | Brandt |
Jody Gilbert | Charlotte Stassen |
William Hansen | Barskin |
John Myhers | Carlson |
J. Pat O'Malley | Jonathan Farley |
Joan Shawlee | Alice / Alice Rickles |
Almira Sessions | Carrie Smith |
Pauline Drake | Ida Stassen |
Helen Spring | Mrs. Becker |
Alan Baxter | Walter Spencer / Walter T. Spencer |
Sherry Presnell | Mrs. Spencer |
Ben | Ben |
Lois Berkson | Party Guest |
Shirley Blackwell | Guest |
Paul Bradley | Chemist |
Louise De Carlo | Guest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles A. Pratt | Executive Producer |
Mort Briskin | Producer |