Howard the Duck
(1986)
Director:
Willard Huyck
Writer:
Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, Steve Gerber
Cast:
Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins
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...