CinemaOSMovie · 1981 · 3h 19m

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Don't Panic!

73%(160)IMDbAdventureComedyScience Fiction

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).

Directed byAlan J.W. Bell

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Status
Released
Runtime
3h 19m
Language
EN
Released
February 9, 1981
Studios
BBC

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Original BBC TV-Trailer (english)

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Original BBC TV-Trailer (english)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Peter Jones

Peter Jones

The Book

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Arthur Dent

David Dixon

David Dixon

Ford Prefect

Sandra Dickinson

Sandra Dickinson

Trillian

Mark Wing-Davey

Mark Wing-Davey

Zaphod Beeblbrox

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore

Marvin

Richard Vernon

Richard Vernon

Slartibartfast

Colin Jeavons

Colin Jeavons

Max Quordlepleen

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Dish of the Day

David Prowse

David Prowse

Bodyguard

Creative team
Directed by
Alan J.W. Bell
Written by
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams

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