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Howard the Duck
“More adventure than humanly possible.”
5.5 / 10• 1986• 1h 50m•PG• English
ComedyAdventureScience Fiction
Storyline
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
Cast & Crew
Lea Thompson
Beverly Switzler
Lead
Jeffrey Jones
Dr. Walter Jenning
Tim Robbins
Phil Blumburtt
Ed Gale
Howard T. Duck
Chip Zien
Howard T. Duck (voice)
Tim Rose
Howard T. Duck
SS
Steve Sleap
Howard T. Duck
PB
Peter Baird
Howard T. Duck
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Willard Huyck's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Howard the Duck is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
