Howard the Duck
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Howard the Duck

More adventure than humanly possible.

5.4 / 10 1986 1h 50mPG English
FantasyComedyActionAdventureRomanceScience 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

Lea Thompson

Beverly Switzler

Lead
Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones

Dr. Walter Jenning

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Phil Blumburtt

Ed Gale

Ed Gale

Howard T. Duck

Chip Zien

Chip Zien

Howard T. Duck (voice)

Tim Rose

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.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Howard the Duck is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker