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Heavy Metal Cast & Characters

Heavy Metal (1981) stars Rodger Bumpass as Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice), John Candy as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) and Jackie Burroughs as Katherine (voice). The adventure movie was released August 7, 1981. Below is the full cast and crew.

R 1981 · 1h 30m 65 Audience
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Starring Cast
R
Rodger Bumpass
Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice)
J
John Candy
Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
J
Jackie Burroughs
Katherine (voice)
J
Joe Flaherty
Lawyer / General (voice)
D
Don Francks
Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice)
M
Marilyn Lightstone
Whore / Queen (voice)
Key crew
Director
Gerald Potterton , John Bruno , John Halas , Julian Harris , Jimmy T. Murakami , Barrie Nelson , Paul Sabella , Jack Stokes , Pino Van Lamsweerde , Harold Whitaker
Screenplay
Daniel Goldberg , Len Blum
Story
Dan O'Bannon , Len Blum , Daniel Goldberg
Based on
Jean Giraud
Producers
Leonard Mogel , Ivan Reitman
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Editor
Ian Llande , Mick Manning , Gerald Tripp
Production design
Michael C. Gross

Full cast

21 cast members

Crew by department

65 crew members

Directing

Barrie Nelson
Director
Gerald Potterton
Director
Harold Whitaker
Director
Jack Stokes
Director
Jimmy T. Murakami
Director
John Bruno
Director
John Halas
Director
Julian Harris
Director
Paul Sabella
Director
Pino Van Lamsweerde
Director

Production

Ivan Reitman
Producer
Jack King
Production Manager
Leonard Mogel
Executive Producer

Art

Pat Gavin
Art Direction
Michael C. Gross
Production Design