The Rat
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Written by	Hans Rameau (as Hans Gulder Rameau) Romney Brent Marjorie Gaffney Miles Malleson (dialogue)
Based on	the play by Ivor Novello & Constance Collier
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Ruth Chatterton Anton Walbrook
Cinematography	Freddie Young (as F.A. Young)
Edited by	Peggy Hennessey
Music by	Anthony Collins
Production company	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures (UK)
Release date	10 November 1937 (London) (UK)
Running time	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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Anton Walbrook as Jean Boucheron, 'the Rat'
• Ruth Chatterton as Zelia de Chaumont
• René Ray as Odile Verdier
• Beatrix Lehmann as Marguerite
• Mary Clare as Mere Colline
• Felix Aylmer as Prosecuting Counsel
• Hugh Miller as Luis Stets
• Gordon McLeod as Caillard
• Frederick Culley as Judge
• Nadine March as Rose
• George Merritt Pierre Verdier
• Leo Genn as Defending Counsel
• Fanny Wright as Therese
• Bob Gregory as Albert
• Ivan Wilmot as Peter
• J.H. Roberts as Butler
• Aubrey Mallalieu as The Jeweller
• Katie Johnson as the nun in the cell