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5.1/10   450 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ronald Chesney (written by)
Ronald Wolfe (written by)
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Release Date:
July 1971 (UK) more
Genre:
Plot:
Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but... more | full synopsis
User Reviews:
"Not hilarious, but still charming" more (22 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Finland:S | USA:PG
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: As the driver walks towards the cab after Stan puts the spiders in it, she is wearing boots. In the next shot, when she is feeling the spiders on her legs, she is wearing shoes. more
Quotes:
Blakey, Stan's Inspector: 'What's the matter with you, can't you drive? eh? Oh my god, look what you've done! Quick, get in that cab, pull away, quick! Hurry up!
Vera: I can't! Theres spiders in my cab!
Blakey, Stan's Inspector: Spiders? I don't care if you've got ants in your pants! You get in that cab and pull away quick!
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Movie Connections:
Followed by Holiday on the Buses (1973) more
Soundtrack:
It's a Great Life On the Buses more

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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
"Not hilarious, but still charming", 27 August 2003
Author: jamesraeburn2003 from Poole, Dorset

This spin-off from the popular ITV sitcom was the most popular British film of 1971, it's takings even outgrossing Diamonds Are Forever, the James Bond film of that year. Take my word for it, the critics tore it to pieces and they still do now when it's shown on television.

I don't think it's overly funny but I still love it. Okay so it's sexist, but like the Carry On films, even though it's not hilarious it still possesses a certain charm that these overblown American comedies cannot hope to achieve.

All the series regulars are here. Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen,Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis. While they were all charming, Michael Robbins stands out for me because his comic timing was impeccable. For example, he would sit there reading the paper and suddenly he would look up and utter something amusing.

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