Planes, Trains and Automobiles
“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.
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Cast
40 people
Steve Martin
Neal Page
Known for
Only Murders in the Building
Cheaper by the Dozen
John Candy
Del Griffith
Known for
Uncle Buck
Spaceballs
Laila Robins
Susan Page
Known for
The Boys
The Walking Dead
Michael McKean
State Trooper
Known for
Better Call Saul
Good Omens
Dylan Baker
Owen
Known for
Hunters
Spider-Man 2
Kevin Bacon
Taxi Racer
Known for
Sleepers
Tremors
Olivia Burnette
Marti Page
Known for
Sons of Anarchy
The Quick and the Dead
Carol Bruce
Joy Page
Known for
American Gigolo
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Diana Douglas
Peg
Known for
The Indian Fighter
It Runs in the Family
Martin Ferrero
Motel Clerk
Known for
Jurassic Park
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Larry Hankin
Doobie
Known for
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Home Alone
Richard Herd
Walt
Known for
V
Get Out
John Hughes Director · Ira Newborn Composer Donald Peterman Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $50M · Budget $15M · United States release November 26, 1987
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$49,500,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Hughes Entertainment
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · November 26, 1987
Theatrical
United States · November 26, 1987
Theatrical
Australia
February 29, 1988 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 8, 1988 · Theatrical
France
March 16, 1988 · Theatrical
October 4, 2001 · Physical · DVD
March 31, 2020 · Digital · VOD
Germany
April 27, 1988 · Theatrical
Greece
April 27, 1988 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 27, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
May 13, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
February 11, 1988 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 11, 1988 · Theatrical
March 13, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
September 23, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
November 8, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
May 27, 1988 · Theatrical
Spain
May 27, 1988 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 13, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 13, 1988 · Theatrical
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