Feature film — 1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
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).
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A high-signal pick with 161 votes.
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Director: Alan J.W. Bell
On screen
Cast & crew
Peter Jones
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Simon Jones
Arthur Dent
David Dixon
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Sandra Dickinson
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Mark Wing-Davey
Zaphod Beeblbrox
Stephen Moore
Marvin
Richard Vernon
Slartibartfast
Colin Jeavons
Max Quordlepleen
Peter Davison
Dish of the Day
David Prowse
Bodyguard
Valentine Dyall
Deep Thought (voice)
Douglas Adams
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