On the Buses
From Telly Laughs To Belly Laughs!
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
Production
Production
Cast
Reg Varney
Stan Butler
Doris Hare
Mrs. Butler
Michael Robbins
Arthur Rudge
Anna Karen
Olive Rudge
Stephen Lewis
Inspector Blakey
Bob Grant
Jack Harper
Andrea Lawrence
Betty
Pat Ashton
Sally
Brian Oulton
Manager
Pamela Cundell
Ruby Wilson
Pat Coombs
Vera Hughes
Wendy Richard
Housewife
Peter Madden
Mr. Brooks
David Lodge
Busman
Maggie Rennie
Gladys
Nosher Powell
Betty's Husband
Norman Mitchell
London Transport Official
Ivor Salter
1st Policeman
Gavin Campbell
Motorcycle Cop
Roy Lansford
Bus Driver (uncredited)
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Reviews
r96sk
Enjoyable, even if it is undeniably sexist.
I remember discovering the television series of 'On the Buses' 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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