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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1987·1h 33m·R
DramaComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.6/10
180,645 votes
Metascore
72
Metacritic

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.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a 1987 drama comedy movie directed by John Hughes, starring Steve Martin, John Candy, Michael McKean. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 180,645 votes and runs 1h 33m.

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Director
John Hughes
Stars
Steve Martin
John Candy
Michael McKean
Laila Robins
Creators
John Hughes
Details
1987-11-25
93 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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