Planes, Trains and Automobiles Trivia

The four-letter words used during Steve Martin's confrontation with the car rental lady is the root cause for the movie's R rating. The scene was reshot without the f-words for network TV.

Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean and Ben Stein all have cameo appearances in the movie.

After the end credits finish rolling, William Windom is seen examining pictures back in New York.

The old man who is sitting beside Steve and John on the plane in the film, Bill Erwin, is also seen in another film masterpiece "Home Alone". He's the guy with his wife - who sell their plane tickets to Maculay's mother so she can get home.

Watch for a roadsign that says "Chicago 106 miles." This is a reference to "The Blues Brothers".

This movie contains two references to another John Hughes movie "She's Having a Baby". Part of that movie can be heard in the background during one of Steve Martin's phone conversations with Laila Robins. It is also the movie that's on television during the motel scene.

Three persons from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" are also in John Hughes 80's masterpiece "Ferris Buellers Day Off"...

1. Steve Martin's colleague in the beginning of the movie, he plays Ferris Buellers dad.
2. The car rental woman Steve Martin verbally abuses in the airport, she plays Ed Rooneys secretary in "Ferris Buellers Day Off".
3. The boring guy in the airport (Ben Stein) announcing that all flights to chicago are cancelled. He also plays a deliberate boring Business teacher in "Ferris Buellers Day Off".

A shot of the airplane from "Airplane!" can be seen in this film.

The cab driver, "Doobie," Larry Hankin, plays one of Kevin Bacon's neighbors in "She's Having a Baby".

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