Movie
Summer Rental
Overview
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-08-09
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commision, Bernie Brillstein Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Candy as Jack Chester
- Richard Crenna as Al Pellet
- Rip Torn as Scully
- Karen Austin as Sandy Chester
- Kerri Green as Jennifer Chester
- John Larroquette as Don Moore
- Joey Lawrence as Bobby Chester
- Aubrey Jene as Laurie Chester
- Dick Anthony Williams as Dan Gardner
- Richard Herd as Angus MacLachlan
- Carmine Caridi as Ed
- Lois Hamilton as Vicki
Crew
- Carl Reiner - Director
- Mark Reisman - Writer
- Jeremy Stevens - Writer
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