Movie
Of Unknown Origin
Mystery & suspense film with a runtime of 88 minutes, released in 1983. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
When a banking executive tries to outsmart an enormous and seriously pesky rat, it is a case of a battle of wits between two unarmed opponents in this tedious rodent horror treatise on the multiple dangers of rats. Bert Hughes (Peter Weller) is home alone in his Manhattan apartment, trying to work out a major change in his trust company when a noisy rat starts scratching around his periphery, and he becomes obsessed with exterminating it. By the time Hughes is through, his whole apartment is nearly exterminated -- and his friends are keeping their distance due to his rat-mania. (In the middle of a business dinner he brings up the topic of rats served as "stringy chicken" in an Asian country.) Rats may be Of Unknown Origin, but more than their questionable hygiene and genealogy is needed to frighten viewers.
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Cast
- Peter Weller
- Shannon Tweed
- Jennifer Dale
- Lawrence Z. Dane
- Lawrence Dane
- Kenneth Welsh
- Louis Del Grande
- Keith Knight
- Maury Chaykin
- Leif Anderson
- Jimmy Tapp
- Gayle Garfinkle
- Earl Pennington
- Bronwen Mantel
- Monik Nantel
- Jacklin Webb
- Louis Craig
- Roberto Silvi
- Pierre David
- Rose Marie McSherry
- Paul-Andre Guerin
- René Verzier
- Jacques Godbout
- Stephen Dupuis
- Brian Taggert
- Serge Bureau
- Anne Pritchard
- Don Cohen
