Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.
- animal attack
- sequel
- death
- sewer
- rat
- eaten by rats
- pet rat
- adoring
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Lee Montgomery
Danny
Joseph Campanella
Cliff Kirtland
Arthur O'Connell
Bill Hatfield
Rosemary Murphy
Beth Garrison
- Meredith Baxter — Eve Garrison
- Kaz Garas — Joe Greer
- Paul Carr — Kelly
- Richard Van Vleet — Reade
- Kenneth Tobey — Engineer
- James Luisi — Ed
- Lee Paul — Careu
- Norman Alden — Policeman
- Scott Garrett — Henry Gray
- Arlen Stuart — Mrs. Gray
- Ric Drasin — George
- Directed
- Phil Karlson
- Written
- Gilbert Ralston
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 144 ratings
- Studio
- Bing Crosby Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1971Willard
Where it starts.
Ben
1972 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
