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Ratboy

Ratboy

1986Movie⏱️ 1h 44mPG-13
ComedyCrimeDrama
3.9
IMDB Rating
837 votes

Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.

Director
Sondra Locke
Writers
N/A
Stars
Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett
Release Date
October 17, 1986
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 20
Reviews
📋 1.4K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Sondra Locke
Sondra Locke
as Nikki Morrison
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend
as Manny
Christopher Hewett
Christopher Hewett
as Acting Coach
Larry Hankin
Larry Hankin
as Robert Jewell
Sydney Lassick
Sydney Lassick
as Lee 'Dial-A-Prayer'
Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Graham
as Billy Morrison
Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson
as Omer Morrison
Sharon Baird
Sharon Baird
as Ratboy
Billie Bird
Billie Bird
as Psychic
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
as Heavy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Southern California, California, USA
Production
The Malpaso Company

🏷️ Keywords

title directed by femaletravelfalling into waterteenagerawakening

🎯 Categories

ComedyCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Bad. Bad. BAD!
by ian_millar982000-03-03

"If you didn't get a sudden urge to kill Ratboy or any of the other characters in this movie, you were the lucky one who fell asleep! The amount of cameo appearances by some well-known actors was astonishing. Did they NOT receive the script before hand? Do they have no conscience? I do believe the writers had good intentions to make this movie heart-warming. I'm sure the director (Sondra Locke) had a pure dream to turn this story into a storybook fantasy about a loving and sensitive boy who just happened to be a rat (?!). Let me tell you, there are only two good things this movie ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The character Nikki was meant to be a young woman. Sondra Locke was 42 when she played her.

📖 Synopsis

Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.