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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

19877.2 / 1093 min

Comedy

Overview

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

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.

Cast

Steve Martin

Neal Page

John Candy

Del Griffith

Laila Robins

Susan Page

Michael McKean

State Trooper

Dylan Baker

Owen

Kevin Bacon

Taxi Racer

Olivia Burnette

Marti Page

Carol Bruce

Joy Page

Diana Douglas

Peg

Martin Ferrero

Motel Clerk

Larry Hankin

Doobie

Richard Herd

Walt

Susan Kellermann

Waitress

Matthew Lawrence

Little Neal

Edie McClurg

Car Rental Agent

Susan Isaacs

Marie

John Randolph Jones

Cab Dispatcher

Ben Stein

Wichita Airport Rep

Lyman Ward

John

George Petrie

Martin

Gary Riley

Motel Thief

Charles Tyner

Gus

Lulie Newcomb

Owen's Wife

Nicholas Wyman

New York Lawyer

Gaetano Lisi

Cab Driver - New York

Diana Castle

Stewardess #1

Julie H. Morgan

Stewardess #2

Bill Erwin

Man on Plane

Ruth de Sosa

New York Ticket Agent

Kim Genelle

Receptionist

Grant Forsberg

Brand Manager

David Raiport

Cafe Patron

Andrew J. Hentz

Bus Lover

Karen Meisinger

Bus Loverette

Gary Palmer

Pilot

John Moio

Screaming Driver

Victoria Vanderkloot

Screaming Driver's Wife

William Windom

Mr. Bryant

Troy Evans

Antisocial Trucker

George Sasaki

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Crew

John Hughes

Screenplay

Ira Newborn

Original Music Composer

John Hughes

Director

John Hughes

Producer

John W. Corso

Production Design

Paul Hirsch

Editor

April Ferry

Costume Design

Donald Peterman

Director of Photography

Wylie Stateman

Supervising Sound Editor

Linda Spheeris

Set Decoration

Louis M. Mann

Set Designer

Hugo Weng

Sound Editor

Frank Griffin

Makeup Artist

Chris Jargo

Sound Editor

Michael Chinich

Executive Producer

Dan M. Rich

Sound Editor

Randy Kelley

Sound Editor

Lon Bender

Supervising Sound Editor

Victor Grodecki

Sound Editor

Lorna Anderson

Sound Editor

David E. Campbell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Neil Machlis

Executive Producer

Harold Michelson

Art Direction

Larry Kemp

Sound Editor

Jane Bogart

Set Decoration

Ben Nye Jr.

Makeup Designer

Gregg Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John T. Reitz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Corey Michael Eubanks

Stunt Driver

Arthur Anderson

Second Assistant Director

Mark Radcliffe

First Assistant Director

Jeff Carson

Music Editor

Robbie Goldstein

Location Manager

Stan Parks

Special Effects

Stan Gilbert

ADR Supervisor

Tarquin Gotch

Music Supervisor

Neil Machlis

Unit Production Manager

Ron Payne

Music Coordinator

James R. Alexander

Sound Mixer

Bennie E. Dobbins

Stunt Coordinator

Toni-Ann Walker

Hair Designer

William Aldridge

Special Effects

Dione Taylor

Hairstylist