The Pest 1997

Name: The Pest
Released: 1997-02-07
Cast: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodríguez, Tammy Townsend

Synopsis:

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?

Directed by:	Paul Miller
Written by:	John Leguizamo & David Bar Katz
Release date:	1997-02-07
Runtime:	82 minutes
Tagline:	What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question.