Ghostbusters Cast & Character Guide
The original Ghostbusters was one of the landmark films of the 1980s, and its cast was filled with some of the biggest stars in comedy movie history.
Ghostbusters (1984) (1984)
Ghostbusters is a 1984 fantasy sci-fi movie from director Ivan Reitman. The movie stars Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson as Raymond Stantz, Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddemore, paranormal investigators who travel New York hunting and capturing ghosts. The movie eventually became one of the most iconic films of the '80s, spawning a multimedia franchise including a sequel, spinoffs, books, and video games.
Ghostbusters (1984)
- Director
- Ivan Reitman
- Release Date
- June 8, 1984
- Distributor(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- Bill Murray , Dan Aykroyd , Sigourney Weaver , Harold Ramis , Rick Moranis
- Writers
- Dan Aykroyd , Harold Ramis
- Runtime
- 105 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Ghostbusters
- Sequel(s)
- Ghostbusters 2 , Ghostbusters: Afterlife , Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
- Budget
- $25-30 Million
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