Een wetenschappelijk experiment brengt buitenaards leven naar de Aarde. De eerste hiervan is de sigaarrokende eend Howard. Een paar kinderen proberen hem weg te houden van de hebberige wetenschappers, en hem terug naar zijn planeet te helpen. Maar dan arriveert er een veel minder vriendelijk wezen...
Nee, helaas is Howard the Duck nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Willard Huyck | Screenplay |
| Production | Gloria Katz | Producer |
| Directing | Willard Huyck | Director |
| Editing | Sidney Wolinsky | Editor |
| Production | George Lucas | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Gloria Katz | Screenplay |
| Camera | Richard H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Chandler | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gracie Atherton | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Steve Gerber | Characters |
| Art | Peter Jamison | Production Design |
| Crew | Debbie Lee Carrington | Stunts |
| Editing | John Watson | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Dolby | Songs |
| Visual Effects | Phil Tippett | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Phil Tippett | Creature Design |
| Art | Gary Heider | Set Decoration |
| Production | Ian Bryce | Associate Producer |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Crew | Margarita Farrell | Stunts |
| Directing | John Liberti | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Paul M. Lane | Stunt Driver |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe I. Tompkins | Costume Design |
| Directing | Rodney Allen Hooks | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Robert Latham Brown | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nancy Nayor | Additional Casting |
| Crew | Bill Yarbrough | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Herron | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Ruffin | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Michael J. McAlister | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Ben Burtt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ben Burtt | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Stacey S. McIntosh | Construction Foreman |
| Sound | Christopher Brooks | Supervising Music Editor |
| Sound | Gloria S. Borders | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Dwight Williams | Construction Foreman |
| Production | Rory Enke | Location Manager |
| Art | Robert Bonino | Construction Foreman |
| Directing | L. Dean Jones Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Robert Latham Brown | Production Manager |
| Directing | Dan Kolsrud | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Richard Hashimoto | Production Manager |
| Directing | Patrick Cosgrove | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Mark Billerman | Art Direction |
| Directing | Louise Jaffe | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Harley Jessup | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Bobby Byrne | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Art | Pamela Marcotte | Set Designer |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Blake Russell | Art Direction |
| Art | Jim Pohl | Set Designer |
| Crew | Phillip Norwood | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Directing | Thomas J. Wright | Second Unit Director |
| Art | John Warnke | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Robert Krume | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Jim Poynter | Leadman |
| Art | Phil Abramson | Set Decoration |
| Production | Chuck Roseberry | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Jim Passon | Color Timer |
