On the Buses

1971

Comedy

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

"From Telly Laughs To Belly Laughs!"

Rating

6.431
36 votes

Popularity

0.8974

Origin & Countries

USGB | en | United Kingdom

Production

Hammer Film Productions,EMI Films

Runtime

88 min.

Status

Released

Release: 7/9/1971

Credits

On the Buses

Harry BoothDirector

On the Buses

Reg VarneyStan Butler

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Doris HareStan's Mum

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Michael RobbinsArthur Rudge - Stan's Brother-in-Law

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Anna KarenOlive Rudge

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Reviews

r96sk

12/27/2020

7 / 10

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, nothing 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.

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