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Willard

1971 95 min ★ 6.1 Horror, Science Fiction

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.

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Cast

Bruce Davison

Willard Stiles

Ernest Borgnine

Al Martin

Sondra Locke

Joan Simms

Elsa Lanchester

Henrietta Stiles

Michael Dante

Brandt

Jody Gilbert

Charlotte Stassen

William Hansen

Barskin

John Myhers

Carlson

J. Pat O'Malley

Jonathan Farley

Joan Shawlee

Alice Rickles

Details

Director

Daniel Mann

Screenplay

Gilbert Ralston

Tagline

"This is Willard and his friend Ben. Ben will do anything for Willard."

Status

Released

Original Language

Production

Bing Crosby Productions

Reviews

Wuchak

November 8, 2019

★ 6/10

***A young loner finds that he connects with… rats*** A mama’s boy and meek misfit (Bruce Davison) befriends the rats that live behind his mother old manor and decides to use them to get back at his domineering boss (Ernest Borgnine) who usurped the business from his father. Sondra Locke is on hand as a coworker in one of her earliest roles. "Willard" (1971) is an odd mundane character study...