Rick played by Bob Random, is one of the main antagonists of the 1965 film, Village of the Giants.
He could be considered the deputy leader of the group of teenagers turned into giants who end up taking over the town.
Rick and his friends arrive in town after crashing their car nearby, where he and his friends decide to go to ask an old friend named Nancy for help.
He and his friends decide to settle in an old abandoned theater, which they assure that no one visits, then they decide to go to a party that the town was going to have to go dancing, at the party they discover some of the ducks enlarged by a child's formula. called Genius, the group discovers how the ducks got bigger and decide to infiltrate the house to steal the formula and get rich.
When they discover where the growth formula was, he accompanies his companions to steal it, but they are stopped by Mike and his group, and although they lose the fight against Mike's group, they manage to steal the formula.
After obtaining the formula, the group discusses whether to sell the formula, however they end up deciding that they should use it to test it on them, to see how much they can grow, Rick and Pete propose taking it, but Fred is doubtful, Pete calls him a chicken but Fred He doesn't pay attention to him, until Rick decides to take some of the formula on his own, Fred tells him to stop, then Rick says that if he doesn't want to take it that's fine but don't try to stop him, Rick calls Fred a coward and then Fred is fed up and With his manhood questioned, he decides to have everyone in the group take it.
The whole group decides to take it and they end up growing 30 feet tall, although the group seems sorry at first, Rick seems to like the idea of being big enough that if his father tried to get rough with him, he could easily stop him with his new height and strength. After this comment, this makes the entire group realize that they can take advantage of their new height to do whatever they want and no one could stop them.
Later they show up to a party where they reveal their new height to the public and start dancing until the police arrive. The Sheriff orders them to leave, but Rick and the group initially refuse, Rick even thinks out loud about crushing the Sheriff. . However, he is stopped by Fred who tells him that they do not want to cause problems, since the police brought weapons, to which the group decides to retire to the theater to rest.
During the morning, without Fred knowing, Rick and Pete kidnapped the Sheriff's daughter, something they use to their advantage when the Sheriff tries to run them out of town, and thus demand their demands as well as ensure that now the entire town will obey them. Rick and the group destroy all means of communication to ensure that no one would interfere with his reign or hand over more weapons, after the group confiscates them.
When Mike and his group arrive to deliver food to Rick and his friends, Rick and Fred mock them, saying that they were such good servants that they would leave them in charge of making sure the adults follow all their new rules.
Later he is seen with the rest of the giants, watching Fred fight Mike, until Genius arrives with the finished shrinking formula, which results in Rick and his friends returning to their normal size and being expelled from the town. Returning to their broken down car, the group decides to leave without it and walk back home. On the way they meet a group of dwarves who are heading to the town since they heard about the growth formula (even though the town was cut off). ), then Rick and the rest of the group continue on their way