Uncle Buck (1989)
Uncle Buck stars John Candy as Buck Russell, an eccentric uncle who comes to babysit his brother's teenage daughter and two younger kids. Macaulay Culkin stars as the young Miles Russell alongside Gabby Hoffmann, and Jean Louisa Kelly. John Hughes directed Uncle Buck, coming off the heels of The Great Outdoors, which also starred John Candy.
Uncle Buck
- Director
- John Hughes
- Release Date
- August 16, 1989
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- James Lesure , Aalyrah Caldwell , Mike Epps , Sayeed Shahidi , Nia Long , Iman Benson , Zedakiah Koterba
- Writers
- John Hughes
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Budget
- $15 million
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