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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1978-07-28
Languageen
Runtime1h 49m
Budget$2,700,000
Revenue$141,000,000
Production

Universal Pictures, Oregon Film Factory, Stage III Productions

6.9(1.7k)
•1978•1h 49m

Animal House

"It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!"

Comedy

Overview

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

Director
John Landis
Writing & Screenplay
Harold RamisChris Miller
Cinematography
Charles Correll

Principal Cast

41 credited
John Belushi
John BelushiJohn 'Bluto' Blutarski
Karen Allen
Karen AllenKaty
Tom Hulce
Tom HulceLarry 'Pinto' Kroger
Stephen Furst
Stephen FurstKent 'Flounder' Dorfman
Mark Metcalf
Mark MetcalfDoug Neidermeyer
Mary Louise Weller
Mary Louise WellerMandy Pepperidge
Martha Smith
Martha SmithBarbara Sue 'Babs' Jansen
John Vernon
John VernonDean Vernon Wormer
James Daughton
James DaughtonGreg Marmalard
Kevin Bacon
Kevin BaconChip Diller

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