On the Buses
From Telly Laughs To Belly Laughs!
1971 | 88m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Harry Booth |
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| Writer: | Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe |
| Staring: |
| Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of | |
| Release Date: | Jul 09, 1971 |
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| Director: | Harry Booth |
| Writer: | Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | bus |
| Production Companies | EMI Films, Hammer Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Reg Varney | Stan Butler |
| Doris Hare | Stan's Mum |
| Michael Robbins | Arthur Rudge - Stan's Brother-in-Law |
| Anna Karen | Olive Rudge |
| Stephen Lewis | Blakey, Stan's Inspector |
| Bob Grant | Jack Harper, Stan's Conductor |
| Andrea Lawrence | Betty |
| Pat Ashton | Sally |
| Brian Oulton | Manager |
| Pamela Cundell | Ruby |
| Pat Coombs | Vera |
| Wendy Richard | Housewife |
| Peter Madden | Mr Brooks |
| David Lodge | Busman |
| Brenda Grogan | Bridget |
| Terry Duggan | Nobby |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Booth | Director |
| Ronald Chesney | Writer |
| Ronald Wolfe | Writer |
| Max Harris | Original Music Composer |
| Mark McDonald | Director of Photography |
| Archie Ludski | Editor |
| Scott MacGregor | Production Design |
| Ivy Emmerton | Hair Supervisor |
| Eddie Knight | Makeup Supervisor |
| Christopher Neame | Production Manager |
| Roy Skeggs | Production Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ronald Chesney | Producer |
| Ronald Wolfe | Producer |
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Enjoyable, even if it is undeniably sexist. I remember discovering the television series of <em>'On the Buses'</em> when I was younger, via my grandparents, and loving it - admittedly at an age of not fully understanding the humour et al. I do remember watching this just about. It's amusing, noth ... ing laugh-out-loud worthy but it's suitably entertaining. Reg Varney, Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis are a very good trio. Lewis' Blakey is arguably the good guy, despite being portrayed as the antagonist - especially in this plot, given he's the supporter of women bus drivers. I gotta say, Grant's Jack is incredibly creepy. The things you don't notice as a kid, eh? It does have charm, helped by it giving a nice exterior snapshot of 1960s/70s England and the buses of the time. The film, and series, is always most enjoyable - at least to me - when they are out on the road with the buses. Obviously misogynistic and all rather dumb, but there are things it does reasonably well.