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Of Unknown Origin (1983)
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Release Date:
24 November 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
If it can't scare them to death, it will find another way. morePlot:
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Classic of its kind moreCast
(Credited cast) | Peter Weller | ... | Bart Hughes |
 | Jennifer Dale | ... | Lorrie Wells |
 | Lawrence Dane | ... | Eliot Riverton |
 | Kenneth Welsh | ... | James Hall |
| Louis Del Grande | ... | Clete |
 | Shannon Tweed | ... | Meg Hughes |
| Keith Knight | ... | Hardware salesman |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Dan Errol |
| Leif Anderson | ... | Peter Hughes |
| Jimmy Tapp | ... | Meg's father |
| Gayle Garfinkle | ... | Janis Wycoff |
| Earl Pennington | ... | Mr. Thompson |
| Bronwen Mantel | ... | Florence |
| Jacklin Webb | ... | News Vendor |
| Monik Nantel | ... | Secretary |
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Sweden:89 min | USA:88 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, CanadaMOVIEmeter: 
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Meg Hughes: [Meg sees the house is a wreck] Oh, my God! Bart, what happened?Bart Hughes: I had a party.
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A horror spoof classic, thanks to an incredible performance by Peter Weller as a New York executive being driven to the brink of madness. His battle with a supersized, quick-thinking rat is almost incidental to what is going with him throughout the film. The battle between man and rat at the end is predictable but delicious in its ferocity, and the scene where Weller gears up to do battle is the most memorable moment in a movie full of memorable moments -- including one where he almost loses his hand!