Holiday on the Buses (1973)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Bryan Izzard

Writers:

Ronald Wolfe (written by) and
Ronald Chesney (written by)

Release Date:

26 December 1973 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Brand New "On the Buses" Comedy!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Based On TV Series | Sequel | Bus | Working Class | Independent Film

Cast

Reg Varney	...	Stan Butler
Stephen Lewis	...	Inspector 'Blakey' Blake
Doris Hare	...	Mrs. Mabel Butler
Michael Robbins	...	Arthur Rudge
Anna Karen	...	Olive Rudge
Bob Grant	...	Jack Harper
Wilfrid Brambell	...	Bert Thompson
Kate Williams	...	Red Cross Nurse
Arthur Mullard	...	Wally Briggs
Queenie Watts	...	Mrs. Briggs
Henry McGee	...	Holiday Camp Manager
Adam Rhodes	...	Little Arthur
Michael Sheard	...	Depot Manager
Hal Dyer	...	Mrs. Coombs
Franco De Rosa	...	Luigi (as Franco Derosa)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Dyserth Falls, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Company:

Anglo-EMI

Trivia:

Last Cinema film of Reg Varney.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Luigi lifts Stan up to drop him on the tray of eggs frying in the kitchen, Stan's trousers are already covered in egg yolk from an earlier take.

Quotes:

Jack: Olive's been crying all morning, what happened to her last night?
Stan Butler: Nothing, that's why she's crying. I think mum did alright -he carved another notch in his walking stick.

Movie Connections:

References Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)

S**T, BUT WONDERFULLY BRITISH S**T!

This film should be remembered for Blakeys echoing demented laugh, Olives derriere rising from the deep (inspiration for Spielberg perhaps) but most of all, for the towering achievement that is Bob Grants performance.

Never as somebody truly personified a hackneyed stereotype in a hackneyed stereotypical film from a place and era of such monumental badness (eg - early 70's British films), that the result is so memorable!

This performance is a rough diamond at the bottom of a very deep pit. But at least it is there and I hope that others begin to pick up on a film that is so bad that it is timeless.

Viva Bob say I!!