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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
“Don't Panic!”
7.3 / 10• 1981• 3h 19m•NR• English
AdventureComedyScience Fiction
Storyline
Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman whose life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).
Cast & Crew
Peter Jones
The Book
Lead
Simon Jones
Arthur Dent
David Dixon
Ford Prefect
Sandra Dickinson
Trillian
Mark Wing-Davey
Zaphod Beeblbrox
Stephen Moore
Marvin
Richard Vernon
Slartibartfast
Colin Jeavons
Max Quordlepleen
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan J.W. Bell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
