From Telly Laughs To Belly Laughs!
Director: Harry Booth
Writer: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe
Producer: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe
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
88 min
Rating: 6.431/10
Released
Top Cast
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
Movie Info
Director: Harry Booth
Writer: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe
Producer: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe
Production Companies: Hammer Film Productions, EMI Films
Countries: United Kingdom
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What Others Said
r96sk:
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.