Of Unknown Origin

A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.

Cast

Peter Weller

as Bart Hughes

Jennifer Dale

as Lorrie Wells

Lawrence Dane

as Eliot Riverton

Kenneth Welsh

as James Hall

Louis Del Grande

as Clete

Shannon Tweed

as Meg Hughes

Keith Knight

as Hardware Salesman

Maury Chaykin

as Dan Errol

Leif Anderson

as Peter Hughes

Jimmy Tapp

as Meg's Father

Reviews

Wuchak

_**The Rat from Hell**_ A Manhattan executive (Peter Weller) deals with the rats on Wall Street while defending his brownstone ‘castle’ against a literal vermin. Jennifer Dale plays his secretary while Lawrence Dane and Kenneth Welsh are on hand as colleagues. "Of Unknown Origin" (1983) stri...

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