Film

National Lampoon's Vacation 1983

Directed by Harold Ramis

  • Comedy, Adventure
  • 99 min
  • R

Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

ComedyAdventureholidayvacationrelativesroad tripdomestic lifefamily vacationfamily holidayamusement parktheme parkduringcreditsstingertrip

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