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ComedyMystery

The Runaway Bus

- Go on, laugh... And the best of luck!

When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.

Release Date : 1953-09-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Val Guest Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Frankie Howerd

Character Name : Percy Lamb

Original Name : Frankie Howerd

Gender : Male

Margaret Rutherford

Character Name : Miss Cynthia Beeston

Original Name : Margaret Rutherford

Gender : Female

Petula Clark

Character Name : Stewardess 'Nikki' Nicholls

Original Name : Petula Clark

Gender : Female

George Coulouris

Character Name : Ernest Schroeder

Original Name : George Coulouris

Gender : Male

Terence Alexander

Character Name : Pilot Peter Jones

Original Name : Terence Alexander

Gender : Male

Toke Townley

Character Name : Henry Waterman

Original Name : Toke Townley

Gender : Male

Belinda Lee

Character Name : Janie Grey

Original Name : Belinda Lee

Gender : Female

John Horsley

Character Name : Inspector Henley

Original Name : John Horsley

Gender : Male

Anthony Oliver

Character Name : Uniformed Senior Airport Official

Original Name : Anthony Oliver

Gender : Male

Sam Kydd

Character Name : Airport Security Officer

Original Name : Sam Kydd

Gender : Male

Marianne Stone

Character Name : Travel Girl

Original Name : Marianne Stone

Gender : Female

Stringer Davis

Character Name : 2nd Transport Officer

Original Name : Stringer Davis

Gender : Male

Michael Gwynn

Character Name : 1st Transport Officer

Original Name : Michael Gwynn

Gender : Male

Reginald Beckwith

Character Name : Telephone Man

Original Name : Reginald Beckwith

Gender : Male

Lionel Murton

Character Name : American Traveller

Original Name : Lionel Murton

Gender : Male

Lisa Gastoni

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Lisa Gastoni

Gender : Female

Cyril Conway

Character Name : 1st Crook

Original Name : Cyril Conway

Gender : Male

Arthur Lovegrove

Character Name : 2nd Crook

Original Name : Arthur Lovegrove

Gender : Male

Alastair Hunter

Character Name : Detective Spencer

Original Name : Alastair Hunter

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-27

It must have been terrible to have to share a stage/screen with Margaret Rutherford. She only had to look at the camera and she had already stolen the scene - a consummate comedy actress whom, alongside Frankie Howerd, keeps this rather daft crime caper bubbling along quite nicely for 75 minutes. A pea-soup fog has delayed all the flights from London's Heathrow Airport - as was it's wont back then - and so a motley collection of passengers are having to take a coach to a nearby airport. Unbeknown to them, though, there has been a daring raid on a warehouse at the airport and their bus contains the loot - £200,000 worth of gold bullion. Lost in the fog, the passengers much reach their destination before the sinister leader of the gang tracks them down. Howerd was never my favourite comedian, but here he delivers well - tempered by some strong supporting performances from Petula Clark, George Coulouris and Terence Alexander - and, of course, the redoubtable Miss Rutherford as "Miss Beeston". The jokes are a bit predictable, but it's an enjoyable piece of harmless fun that I really quite enjoyed.