An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

RAugust 21, 1981 (US)Comedy, Horror1 hour and 37 minutes
74%
User score

From the director of Animal House... a different kind of animal.

Description

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.

John Landis
Screenplay, Director

Actors

David Naughton
David Naughton
David Kessler
Jenny Agutter
Jenny Agutter
Nurse Alex Price
Griffin Dunne
Griffin Dunne
Jack Goodman
John Woodvine
John Woodvine
Dr. J. S. Hirsch
Don McKillop
Don McKillop
Inspector Villiers
Brian Glover
Brian Glover
Chess Player
David Schofield
David Schofield
Dart Player
Lila Kaye
Lila Kaye
Barmaid
Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall
Second Chess Player
Sean Baker
Sean Baker
2nd Dart Player
Frank Oz
Frank Oz
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)
Paul Kember
Paul Kember
Sergeant McManus
Joe Belcher
Joe Belcher
Truck Driver
Paddy Ryan
Paddy Ryan
First Werewolf
Anne-Marie Davies
Anne-Marie Davies
Nurse Susan Gallagher
Colin Fernandes
Colin Fernandes
Benjamin
Albert Moses
Albert Moses
Hospital Porter
Jim Henson
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog (archive footage)
Dave Goelz
Dave Goelz
Beauregard (archive footage)
Michele Brisigotti
Michele Brisigotti
Rachel Kessler
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$31,973,249

Keywords
dying and deathlondon, englandintensive carenurseloss of loved onezootransformationfull moonblack humorlondon undergroundyorkshirerural areawerewolfcreaturemoor (terrain)british pubdream sequencehikerslondon zoopractical special effectsincredulousforebodinghorrified