A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.
Practical Effects
The rat costume: genuinely upsetting prosthetics work.
Production
Clint Eastwood's $7M gift to his then-partner's directing dreams.
Director
Sondra Locke
Sondra Locke
Nikki Morrison
Robert Townsend
Manny
Larry Hankin
Robert Jewell
Sydney Lassick
Lee 'Dial-A-Prayer'
Gerrit Graham
Billy Morrison
Sharon Baird
Ratboy (as S. L. Baird)
Louie Anderson
Omer Morrison
John Witherspoon
Heavy
Gary Riley
Bill
Brett Halsey
Mr. Manes
Jon Lovitz
Party Guest
Bill Maher
Party Guest
Karen Lorre
Party Guest (as Karen Witter)
Kathleen Wilhoite
Party Guest
Courtney Gains
Kid in Car
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Warner Bros. buried this so hard it played in only nine theaters. Nine.
Locke later claimed Eastwood sabotaged her career; Ratboy became Exhibit A in their very public, very messy legal war.
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