| The Rat | |
| Director: | Jack Raymond |
| Producer: | Herbert Wilcox |
| Based On: | the play by Ivor Novello & Constance Collier |
| Starring: | Ruth Chatterton Anton Walbrook |
| Music: | Anthony Collins |
| Cinematography: | Freddie Young (as F.A. Young) |
| Editing: | Peggy Hennessey |
| Studio: | Herbert Wilcox Productions |
| Distributor: | RKO Radio Pictures (UK) |
| Released: | 10 November 1937 (London) (UK) |
| Runtime: | 72 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Rat is a 1937 British drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Anton Walbrook, Ruth Chatterton, and René Ray.[1] It is based on the play The Rat by Ivor Novello which had previously been made into a 1925 film The Rat starring Novello.[2] It was made at Denham Studios by Herbert Wilcox Productions.
Infamous Parisian jewel thief Jean Boucheron, known as 'the Rat', attracts the fancy of socialite Zelia de Chaumont, mistress of a South American millionaire. She intends to reform 'the Rat', but he's only interested in relieving her of her pearls.