Of Unknown Origin
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“Two forces have claimed the house. Only one will survive.”
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.
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Cast
16 people
Peter Weller
Bart Hughes
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RoboCop
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Jennifer Dale
Lorrie Wells
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Coroner
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Lawrence Dane
Eliot Riverton
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Kenneth Welsh
James Hall
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The Day After Tomorrow
Twin Peaks
Louis Del Grande
Clete
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Scanners
Atlantic City
Shannon Tweed
Meg Hughes
Known for
Days of Our Lives
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Keith Knight
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Beetlejuice
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Maury Chaykin
Dan Errol
Known for
Entrapment
Dances with Wolves
Leif Anderson
Peter Hughes
Known for
Storm of the Century
The Moth Diaries
Jimmy Tapp
Meg's Father
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The Mighty Hercules
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Gayle Garfinkle
Janis Wycoff
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Tripping the Rift
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Earl Pennington
Mr. Thompson
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George P. Cosmatos Director · Brian Taggert Screenplay Chauncey G. Parker III Author
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $4M · United States release November 23, 1983
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Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,080,470
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Production
Les Productions Mutuelles Ltée
Production
Famous Players
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Canada · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 30, 1983
Premiere · Fresno, California
United States · November 23, 1983
Theatrical
Germany
May 1, 1986 · Theatrical
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