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Their Most Hilarious Yet! - Holiday on the Buses
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Title: Holiday on the Buses

Release Date: 19 May 1973

Runtime: 1h 25m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Anglo-EMI, Hammer Film Productions

Production Companies: Anglo-EMI, Hammer Film Productions

Overview: Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.7 (54 votes)

Cast

  • Stan Butler: Reg Varney
  • Inspector 'Blakey' Blake: Stephen Lewis
  • Mrs. Mabel Butler: Doris Hare
  • Olive Rudge: Anna Karen
  • Jack his Conductor: Bob Grant
  • Arthur Rudge: Michael Robbins
  • Bert Thompson: Wilfrid Brambell
  • Red Cross Nurse: Kate Williams
  • Wally Briggs: Arthur Mullard
  • Mrs. Briggs: Queenie Watts
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