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Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Nov 25, 1987 · Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Directed by John Hughes. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean. A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
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- Comedy, Drama
- John Hughes
- 1987-11-25
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy, with supporting roles by Laila Robins and Michael McKean.
John T. Reitz. Lon Bender. Wylie Stateman. John Hughes. 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.
- Neal Page, portrayed by Steve Martin. The comedic actor channeled a serious, put -ogether personality to make Neal Page come alive as a marketing executive in Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
- Del Griffith, portrayed by John Candy. The late actor played the loud, out-there, optimistic, traveler Del Griffith. Despite his positive attitude during the film, Del later reveals his secret (spoiler alert) of not having a home or family to go to for Thanksgiving in Chicago.
- Susan Page, portrayed by Laila Robins. In her first film role, Robins played Neal's wife, Susan, whom he is trying to get home to see for Thanksgiving. Since Planes,Trains & Automobiles, the actress has had roles in television movies along with the 1999 crime film True Crime.
- State Trooper, portrayed by Michael McKean. McKean played the State Trooper who stops Neal and Del for driving in an unsafe vehicle with no roof, no functioning gauges,a melted speedometer and no outside mirror on the on the highway.
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Thanks to the impeccable chemistry between Steve Martin and John Candy, as well as a deft mix of humor and heart, Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a hilarious, heartfelt holiday classic.
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- Holiday, Comedy
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