Movies / Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Runtime: 93 min
Genres: Comedy
Languages: English
Countries: USA
Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than Hughes' Home Alone. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed businessman Neal Page (Steve Martin) finds his first-class plane ticket has been demoted to coach, and he must share his flight with obnoxious salesman Del Griffith (John Candy). A sudden snowstorm in Chicago forces the plane to land in Wichita. Unable to find a room in any of the four-star hotels, Neal is compelled to accept Del's invitation to share his accommodations in a cheapo-sleazo motel. Driven to distraction by Del's annoying personal habits, the ungrateful Neal lets forth with a stream of verbal abuse. That's when Del delivers the anticipated (but always welcome) "I don't judge, why should you?"-type speech so common to John Hughes flicks. The shamefaced Neal tries to make up to Del, but there's a bumpy time ahead as the mismatched pair make their way back to Chicago, first in a balky train, then by way of a refrigerator truck. We know from the outset that the oil-and-water Neal and Del will be bosom companions by the end of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but it's still a fun ride. The best bit: a half-asleep Del thinking that he's got his hand tucked between two pillows -- until his bedmate, Neal, bellows "Those aren't pillows!" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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John Hughes | ... |
Writers (1) | Credit |
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John Hughes | (written by) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Ira Newborn | (music score) |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Paul Hirsch | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Donald Peterman | director of photography (as Don Peterman) |
Actors (70) | Credit |
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Amy Meyers | Earring Customer |
Andrew J. Hentz | Bus Lover |
Angelis Alexandris | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
Angella Kaye | Child at Wichita Airport (uncredited) |
Ben Stein | Wichita Airport Representative |
Bill Erwin | Man on Plane |
Bob Harks | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
Carol Bruce | Joy |
Charles Franke | Man in suit on train (uncredited) |
Charles Tyner | Gus |
Chino 'Fats' Williams | Marathon Shuttle Driver (uncredited) |
Christopher Meister | Child At Rental Counter (uncredited) |
Daniel Niswander | Man at Wichita Airport (uncredited) |
David Raiport | Cafe Patron |
Dawn Morgan-Keefe | Coffee shop customer (uncredited) |
Debra Lamb | Roxanne (uncredited) |
Diana Castle | Stewardess |
Diana Douglas | Peg |
Diane Nieman | Earring Customer |
Dylan Baker | Owen |
Edie McClurg | Car Rental Agent |
Elva Morgan | Earring Customer (uncredited) |
Flynn Welles | Holiday Traveler (uncredited) |
Gaetano Lisi | Cab Driver - New York |
Gary McNerney | Park Avenue Pedestrian (uncredited) |
Gary Palmer | Pilot |
Gary Riley | Motel Thief |
George Petrie | Martin (as George O. Petrie) |
George Sasaki | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
Grant Forsberg | Brand Manager |
Jennifer Allswang | Earring Customer |
Jimmie Booth | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
Joann Taylor | Earring Customer |
John Candy | Del Griffith |
John Moio | Screaming Driver |
John Randolph Jones | Cab Dispatcher |
Jules Dean | Holiday Traveler (uncredited) |
Julie A. Herbert | Earring Customer |
Julie H. Morgan | Stewardess |
Karen Meisinger | Bus Loverette |
Ken Tipton | Holiday Traveler (uncredited) |
Kevin Ash | Cab victim (uncredited) |
Kevin Bacon | Taxi Racer |
Kim Genelle | Receptionist (as Kim Genell) |
Laila Robins | Susan Page |
Larry Hankin | Doobie |
Larry Ludwig | Man at Wichita Airport (uncredited) |
Lulie Newcomb | Owen's Wife |
Lyman Ward | John (uncredited) |
Martin Ferrero | Second Motel Clerk |
Matthew Lawrence | Little Neal |
Michael McKean | State Trooper |
Nancy Kusley | Mother in airport (uncredited) |
Nicholas Wyman | New York Lawyer (as Nicholas Wyman) |
Olivia Burnette | Marti |
Peter Austin Noto | Baker (uncredited) |
Ricardo Sandoval III | Man at Motel (uncredited) |
Richard Fike | Street background (uncredited) |
Richard Herd | Walt |
Ruth de Sosa | New York Ticket Agent (as Ruth De Soza) |
Steve Martin | Neal Page |
Susan Hayden | Woman (uncredited) |
Susan Isaacs | Marie |
Susan Kellermann | Waitress (as Susan Kellerman) |
Sylvia Vitrungs | Earring Customer |
Tom Willett | Airport Traveler (uncredited) |
Troy Evans | Antisocial Trucker (uncredited) |
Victoria Vanderkloot | Screaming Driver's Wife |
Wendy Lee Avon | Earring Customer |
William Windom | Bryant (uncredited) |