The Great Outdoors poster
Writer John Hughes
Director Howard Deutch

The Great Outdoors

Comedy1988

Tagline: The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law in unbearable.

Release Date: 1988-06-17

Duration: 91 minutes

Synopsis

It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.

Casting

  • Annette Bening
    Kate Craig
  • Dan Aykroyd
    Roman Craig
  • John Candy
    Chet Ripley
  • Lucy Deakins
    Cammie
  • Robert Prosky
    Wally
  • Britt Leach
    Reg
  • Rebecca Gordon
    Mara Craig
  • Nancy Lenehan
    Waitress
  • Lewis Arquette
    Herm
  • Bart the Bear
    The Bald-Headed Bear (Jody)