A Chicago family sets out for a two-week road trip to California and encounters every conceivable mishap along the way.
Chevy Chase plays accident-prone (and incredibly square) inventor and all-American Dad Clark Griswold who sets off to take his family across America from Chicago to the Walley World amusement park in California and runs into numerous mishaps and disasters along the way.
National Lampoon‘s first outing – 1978’s Animal House – is still the funniest by far, but this decent effort is miles better than subsequent movies in the series.
Director Harold Ramis, who went on to make Groundhog Day(1993), keeps the silliness coming at a fast and furious pace, and he has the benefit of a supporting cast that includes Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Christie Brinkley and John Candy.
Clark Griswold
Chevy Chase Ellen Griswold
Beverly D’Angelo Aunt Edna
Imogene Coca Cousin Eddie
Randy Quaid Rusty Griswold
Anthony Michael Hall Audrey Griswold
Dana Barron Roy Walley
Eddie Bracken Kamp Komfort clerk
Brian Doyle-Murray Cousin Catherine
Miriam Flynn Motorcycle cop
James Keach Lasky
John Candy Girl in red Ferrari
Christie Brinkley
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