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.
Directed byJohn Hughes
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- November 26, 1987
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Revenue
- $49,500,000
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Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- John Hughes
- Written by
- John Hughes
- Produced by
- John Hughes
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