WILLARD

Willard

Willard is a 1971 horror film starring Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine, directed by Daniel Mann. The movie is based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, and was nominated for an Edgar Award for best picture. The supporting cast included Elsa Lanchester in one of her last performances, and Sondra Locke in one of her first. The film was a sleeper hit, opening to good reviews and high box office returns. It inspired other horror films with wild animals in them, climaxing in 1975 with the hit film Jaws.

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