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26/11/1987 Comedy 1h 32m
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What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

Overview

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

  1. John Hughes

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Steve Martin

    Neal Page

  2. John Candy

    Del Griffith

  3. Laila Robins

    Susan Page

  4. Michael McKean

    State Trooper

  5. Dylan Baker

    Owen

  6. Kevin Bacon

    Taxi Racer

  7. Olivia Burnette

    Marti Page

  8. Carol Bruce

    Joy Page

  9. Diana Douglas

    Peg

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2020-12-30
Entertaining 1987 flick from John Hughes.

'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' is an enjoyable watch, pure and simple. The pairing of Steve Martin and John Candy is a great one, with both holding their own and bringing a lot of humour to events. Away from those two, you also have interesting bit part roles for Kevin Bacon and Michael McKean.

The plot is one that could've got repetitive, but the film keeps it interesting for the whole 93 minutes. I will say, not that it's an all that noteworthy thing, that it has more (overly?) dramatic moments than I was anticipating, especially at ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$49,500,000.00

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