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Mutiny on the Buses (1972)

Mutiny on the Buses poster
Directed by
Harry Booth
Genre
comedy film
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Bus driver Stan and his conductor Jack face trouble when their boss Blakey threatens their jobs. They try to outwit him in various ways to keep working.

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What happens

Mutiny on the Buses is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and starring Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis and Bob Grant. It was produced by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe for Hammer Films. The film is the second spin-off film from the TV sitcom On the Buses and succeeded On the Buses (1971). It was followed by a third film, Holiday on the Buses (1973)." Mutiny on the Buses, while not as successful at the box office as the first, still came 17th in the 1972 box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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