A Rat's Tale

Mar 20, 1998

1h 30m

★ 4.0

Overview

Monty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator Dollart gets a new lethal spray to kill all the rodents, Monty, his friend Isabella and Jean-Paul Canalligator have to travel to magic land to make things right.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Comedy

Production Companies

Augsburger Puppenkiste

Monty Film

Warner Bros. Family Entertainment

A Rat's Tale Trailers

Cast

Lou Dollart

Josef Ostendorf

Mrs. Dollart

Beverly D'Angelo

Prof. Plumpingham

Jerry Stiller

Galeristin Jellybelly

Lauren Hutton

Nick McRafferty

Steffen Wink

Jean-Paul Canalligator

Donald Arthur

Monty Mad-Rat Jr. (voice)

Dee Bradley Baker

Isabella Noble-Rat (voice)

Lynsey Bartilson

Mr. Futon San

Yoshinori Yamamoto

Monty Spinnerratz

Philipp Moog

Isabella Nobelratz

Carmen Plate

Monty Senior

Klaus Havenstein

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