Drama

The Wayward Bus

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Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.

Release Date : 1957-05-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Alice Chicoy

Original Name : Joan Collins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Camille Oakes

Original Name : Jayne Mansfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ernest Horton

Original Name : Dan Dailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Chicoy

Original Name : Rick Jason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norma

Original Name : Betty Lou Keim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mildred Pritchard

Original Name : Dolores Michaels

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elliott Pritchard

Original Name : Larry Keating

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morse

Original Name : Robert Bray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bernice Pritchard

Original Name : Kathryn Givney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ed "Pimples" Carson

Original Name : Dee Pollock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Van Brunt

Original Name : Will Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stanton

Original Name : Milton Frome

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Joe Devlin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Roy Bourgeois

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mary Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tom Greenway

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-04-20

The rather dashing "Johnny" (Rick Jason - he reminded me of Laurence Harvey a bit) runs his bus service/diner with help from the young "Kit" (Dee Pollack) and his dipso wife "Alice" (Joan Collins). She is jealous of just about everyone and when she slaps their waitress "Norma" (Betty Lou Keim) he has had enough. He embarks his passengers and sets off - amidst quite a thunderstorm - to San Reno. The bus has a mixture of occupants. The glamorous and savvy "Camille" (Jayne Mansfield) soon attracts the attention of travelling salesman "Horton" (Dan Dailey) and the slightly sleazy "Pritchard" (Larry Keating) who is travelling with his rather high maintenance wife "Bernice" (Kathryn Givney) and daughter "Mildred" (Dolores Michaels) and, finally, they've got the rather curmudgeonly "Van Brunt" (Will Wright). As the weather closes in and they have to take a diversion along a washboard, desert, road, the characters on the bus appear, gradually, to face the sane uncertainty in their lives as the bus does on it's increasingly perilous journey. Meantime, poor old "Alice" is stuck at home nursing a bottle, having a bath and bemoaning the absence of her husband. Can they reconcile? For the first half hour or so, this is actually not bad. Thereafter, though, it strays well over the border into soap. Mansfield has probably the strongest character and plays quite well but Collins just hasn't the skill to carry off her role with anything like a convincing performance. The last twenty minutes rob the film of what jeopardy the wet and windy journey had hitherto established and by the end you just know what is going to happen - and it's nothing special.