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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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
Director
Daniel Mann
Screenplay
Gilbert Ralston
Tagline
"This is Willard and his friend Ben. Ben will do anything for Willard."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Bing Crosby Productions
Wuchak
November 8, 2019
***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...
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