The book John Candy is reading in Planes, Trains & Automobiles?

July 27, 2011 12:05 PM

In the film "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading a book titled "The Canadian Mounted." Is this a real book or just a joke prop for the film?

If it is real does anyone have any bibliographic info about this book? So far OCLC and Google have yet to provide any helpful information. Thanks in advance!

posted by beta male to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Yeah, just spun through Worldcat (as I imagine you did) and couldn't find anything. My guess is prop.
posted by the dief at 12:24 PM on July 27, 2011

There's a porn movie (NSFW, duh) as well as a serial by that name btu I'm not finding anything in the usual places though this photo is sort of neat.
posted by jessamyn at 12:28 PM on July 27, 2011

This doesn't help much, but the final shooting script is available online. The scene in question (p. 20) just refers to it as a pornographic novel.
posted by roger ackroyd at 1:01 PM on July 27, 2011

My guess is they went with that made-up title, as it has many interpretations.
posted by acoutu at 2:00 PM on July 27, 2011