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.
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| Production | John Hughes | Producer |
| Writing | John Hughes | Screenplay |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Art | John W. Corso | Production Design |
| Directing | John Hughes | Director |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | April Ferry | Costume Design |
| Sound | Ira Newborn | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Neil A. Machlis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Chinich | Executive Producer |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Art | Jane Bogart | Set Decoration |
| Art | Linda Spheeris | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye Jr. | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Louis M. Mann | Set Designer |
| Sound | Lorna Anderson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lon Bender | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Victor Grodecki | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Chris Jargo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Randy Kelley | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Larry Kemp | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dan M. Rich | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Hugo Weng | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tarquin Gotch | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Neil A. Machlis | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Mark Radcliffe | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arthur Anderson | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ron Payne | Music Coordinator |
| Sound | James R. Alexander | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Robbie Goldstein | Location Manager |
| Sound | Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Stan Gilbert | ADR Supervisor |
| Crew | Stan Parks | Special Effects |
| Crew | William Aldridge | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dione Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunt Driver |
