The Runaway Bus 1953

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The Runaway Bus

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.

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.

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... Percy Lamb

... Miss Cynthia Beeston

... Stewardess 'Nikki' Nicholls

... Ernest Schroeder

... Pilot Peter Jones

... Henry Waterman

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27 Mar 2022 by CinemaSerf

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.

Directors:

Val Guest

Producers:

Val Guest

Release Date:

Sep 28, 1953 (United Kingdom)

Run Time:

1hr 13`

MMPA Rating:

NR

Original Language:

English

Production Countries:

United Kingdom

Status:

Released

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27 Mar 2022 by CinemaSerf

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.

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The Runaway Bus

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... Director

Cast

... Percy Lamb

... Miss Cynthia Beeston

... Stewardess 'Nikki' Nicholls

... Ernest Schroeder

... Pilot Peter Jones

... Henry Waterman

... Janie Grey

... Inspector Henley

... Uniformed Senior Airport Official

... Airport Security Officer

... Travel Girl

... 2nd Transport Officer

... 1st Transport Officer

... Telephone Man

... American Traveller

... Receptionist

... 1st Crook

... 2nd Crook

... Detective Spencer

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