Planes, Trains and Automobiles Bloopers & Goofs

"She's Having a Baby", the movie on TV when Laila Robins (Steve Martin's wife) is in bed, was not released until 1988, but is used in this 1987 film.

When John Candy, who plays Del, gets his coat stuck to the seat adjusters in the car, he swerves trying to get it unstuck and loses two hubcaps. Then, in the next scenes, the hubcaps are back on and then they're gone again after driving between the 2 semi-trucks.

In the scene that Del and Neal are drinking nips in the motel room, Neal asks for tequila. When making a toast "to the wives", Neal all of a sudden has a different drink in his hand. The tequila has a yellowish color but the new liquor is clear.

They are driving from St. Louis to Chicago....but when they are stopped by the police officer for speeding...it is a Wisconsin State Trooper. How did they get into Wisconsin?

Del and Neal are crossing the Mississippi River coming to St.Louis (over the Eads bridge). They are suppossed to be coming from Kansas which is from the west. St. Louis is on the west bank of the river, so, that would mean they are coming from Illinois into St. Louis. The ironic part is they are trying to get to Illinois.

Did anyone notice the scene after Neal got on the L in Chicago, presumably to go home, and Del stays behind at the train station, when Neal gets off the train to find Del, the film must have been reversed, because Steve Martin (Neal) always parts his hair from the right, but in this scene, it's parted from the left? Has anyone seen this editing gaffe?

The Oldsmobile sedan with the man and woman that are trying to warn John Candy and Steve Martin that they are going wrong way on the highway.

...The gear shift is up in the park position on Oldsmobile as they are driving. Apparently the vehicle is being towed on a dolly or is in studio with screen behind them.

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