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FilmComedyFantasyScience Fiction

Howard the Duck (1986)

PG · 1986-08-01 · 1h 50m · EN
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You will believe that a duck can talk.

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...

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Willard HuyckDirector
Budget
$37M
Box office
$38M

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▶ Howard The Duck (35th Anniversary) | 4K Ultra HD | No More Mr. Nice Duck▶ Howard the Duck 1986 TV trailer

Top billed cast

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Lea ThompsonLea ThompsonBeverly SwitzlerJeffrey JonesJeffrey JonesDr. Walter JenningTim RobbinsTim RobbinsPhil BlumburttEd GaleEd GaleHoward T. DuckHolly Robinson PeeteHolly Robinson PeeteK.C., Cherry BombDavid PaymerDavid PaymerLarry, ScientistPaul GuilfoylePaul GuilfoyleLieutenant WelkerRichard EdsonRichard EdsonRitchieDominique DavalosDominique DavalosCal, Cherry BombLiz SagalLiz SagalRonette, Cherry BombChip ZienChip ZienHoward T. Duck (voice)Tommy SwerdlowTommy SwerdlowGinger Moss

Keywords

Based on comicAlien invasionAnthropomorphismPhysicistExtraterrestrialDuckAlternative reality

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedy · Fantasy · Science FictionTheme affinityBased On Comic · Alien Invasion · AnthropomorphismDialogue densityComedyDirector preference17760Actor preference52814 · 85102 · 57416Country preferenceUs

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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...

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Howard the Duck has a runtime of 110 minutes.

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