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The Pest(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-02-07
46%
150 Votes
Time: 1h 22m
What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question.
Overview:
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a remote island and hunted by Gustav Shank, a racist German executive. If he can survive a full day and night, Vargas gets $50,000 and will be set free. Is he wily enough to elude Shank?
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $17,000,000.00
Revenue: $3,600,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
The Bubble Factory
Movie: The Pest
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Leguizamo
Pest
Jeffrey Jones
Gustav
Edoardo Ballerini
Himmel
Freddy Rodríguez
Ninja
Tammy Townsend
Xantha Kent
Aries Spears
Chubby
Joe Morton
Mr. Kent
Charles Hallahan
Angus
Tom McCleister
Leo
Ivonne Coll
Gladyz
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