The Pest (1997)
What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000? …Next question.
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?
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John LeguizamoPest
Jeffrey JonesGustav
Edoardo BalleriniHimmel
Freddy RodríguezNinja
Tammy TownsendXantha Kent
Aries SpearsChubby
Joe MortonMr. Kent
Charles HallahanAngus
Pat SkipperGlen Livitt
Les LannomBagpipe Player
Tom McCleisterLeo
Ivonne CollGladyzKeywords
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What is The Pest about?
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?
How long is The Pest?
The Pest has a runtime of 82 minutes.
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