What Rats Won't Do

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What Rats Won't Do
Directed by Alastair Reid
Written by William Osborne
Starring James Frain
Natascha McElhone
Release date
  • 1 July 1998 (1998-07-01)
Running time
1h 28min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

What Rats Won't Do is a 1998 British comedy film directed by Alastair Reid and starring James Frain and Natascha McElhone. [1]

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Plot

Kate Beckenham is hired by American heiress Mirella Burton to defend Burton's claim to the £15million estate of her deceased husband against his son Gerald. Gerald has hired lawyer Jack Sullivan, who has never lost a case in court. Though Beckenham is engaged, she finds herself attracted to Sullivan.

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References

  1. "What Rats Won't Do". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018.