The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The read

It runs long at 3h 19m.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Douglas AdamsWriter
• Alan J.W. BellDirector
• Paddy KingslandOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Peter JonesThe Book
• Simon JonesArthur Dent
• David DixonFord Prefect
• Sandra DickinsonTrillian
• Mark Wing-DaveyZaphod Beeblbrox
• Stephen MooreMarvin
• Richard VernonSlartibartfast
• Colin JeavonsMax Quordlepleen
• Peter DavisonDish of the Day
• David ProwseBodyguard
• Valentine DyallDeep Thought (voice)
• Douglas AdamsMan in Ocean

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