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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

8.10h 33mComedy — Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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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Director: Alan J.W. Bell

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Simon Jones as Arthur Dent

Simon Jones

Arthur Dent

David Dixon as Ford Prefect

David Dixon

Ford Prefect

Peter Jones as The Book

Peter Jones

The Book

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