

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$15.0M
$15,000,000
Revenue
$49.5M
$49,500,000
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
+1 more
Key Crew

John Hughes
Director

John Hughes
Screenplay

John Hughes
Producer
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