The Pest
What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000? …Next question.
1997 • PG-13 • 1h 22m
4.6/10
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Overview
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he 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?
4.6/10
(141 users) Cast / Crew 
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 Paul Miller Director Richard Connell Short Story John Leguizamo Story David Bar Katz Story David Bar Katz Screenplay Roy H. Wagner Director of Photography John Leguizamo Co-Producer Wendy Kurtzman Casting Tom McKinley Costume Design Charles Martin Inouye Music Editor 
Norman Howell Stunt Coordinator Ross Albert Editor 
Mark Ulano Sound Mixer David Bar Katz Co-Producer Paul J. Lombardi Special Effects Coordinator
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 Paul Miller Director Richard Connell Short Story John Leguizamo Story David Bar Katz Story David Bar Katz Screenplay Roy H. Wagner Director of Photography John Leguizamo Co-Producer Wendy Kurtzman Casting Tom McKinley Costume Design Charles Martin Inouye Music Editor Norman Howell Stunt Coordinator Ross Albert Editor Mark Ulano Sound Mixer David Bar Katz Co-Producer Paul J. Lombardi Special Effects Coordinator
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