The Pest
“What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question.”
1997•PG-13•1h 22m•4.7•Released
ActionComedy
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?
Director
Paul Miller
Writer
David Bar Katz
Budget
$17M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
English
Studio
The Bubble Factory
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
Pat Skipper
Glen Livitt
Jorge Luis Abreu
Piercer
Jennifer Broughton
Bank Employee
Yau-Gene Chan
Cook
Judyann Elder
Mrs. Kent
Production
Company
The Bubble Factory
Company
TriStar Pictures
Producer
Jonathan Sheinberg
Producer
Sid Sheinberg
Producer
Bill Sheinberg
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