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- On the Buses is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and starring Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis and Bob Grant.
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On the Buses (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
On the Buses: Directed by Harry Booth. With Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen. When the bus company finds itself short-staffed, Inspector Blake comes up with the brilliant idea of employing female drivers. The company is delighted, but the bus crews are horrified and try to get rid of the women.
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- Comedy
- Harry Booth
- 1971-08-01
- ROBERT LIWANAG
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The format of On the Buses was sold to America, where it was remade by NBC as Lotsa Luck, starring Dom DeLuise as Stanley Belmont with Kathleen Freeman as Iris Belmont, his mum, Wynn Irwin as Arthur Swann, Beverly Sanders as Olive Swann and Jack Knight as Bummy Pfitzer, his best friend.
Mass transit becomes mass hysteria when an understaffed bus company hires a group of female drivers. This was the first foray by Hammer film into producing TV sitcoms for the cinema, they would go on doing this for many many years, mainly because of this first one.
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- Hammer Film Productions, EMI Films
- Harry Booth
Stan Butler (Varney) and Jack Harper (Grant), a bus driver and conductor for the Town & District bus company, lose their overtime when the bus company allows women to work as bus drivers. Because Stan's mum, Mabel (Hare), has made so many expensive purchases, the Butler family is tight on money.
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 ...
