Holiday on the Buses (1973)

Sacked by the bus company Stan and Jack get jobs as drivers ferrying punters to and from a holiday camp and arrange for the rest of the family to come and stay. Blakey is there as the chief... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Izzard

Writers:

Ronald Wolfe, Ronald Chesney

Stars:

Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reg Varney	...	Stan Butler
Stephen Lewis	...	Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake '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)

Storyline

Sacked by the bus company Stan and Jack get jobs as drivers ferrying punters to and from a holiday camp and arrange for the rest of the family to come and stay. Blakey is there as the chief security guard and manages to get caught in accidental compromising situations with the camp's nurse. The Butlers head for one disaster after another as Jack and Stan,still chasing women half their age,take two girls for a bus trip on the sands only for the bus to sink in as the tide approaches. Olive gets into bed with someone else's husband when she makes it back to the wrong chalet in the dark and 'little' Arthur sprays the chalet with ink,requiring a re-painting job. The holiday over Arthur's sidecar combination manages to come apart on the way out as it did on the way in.

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Plot Keywords:

bus | chalet | bus trip | lechery | nurse patient sex | 

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Taglines:

Brand New "On the Buses" Comedy!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 December 1973 (UK)

Also Known As:

Ein irrer Trip im Wahnsinnsbus

Filming Locations:

Dyserth Falls, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anglo-EMI, Hammer Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last Cinema film of Reg Varney.

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Goofs

During the sequence when Stan's Mystery Tour bus catches up with and proceeds to overtake Arthur and the family supposedly on their way To the Prestatyn Holiday Camp, they are in fact travelling in the wrong direction.

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Quotes

Jack: I've been telling the girls about that mystery tour we're going to take them on tonight.
Stan Butler: What mystery tour?
Jack: You know, that one at 9'o clock, on the beach.
Stan Butler: Oh that mystery tour.

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Connections

Spun-off from On the Buses (1969)

User Reviews

An acquired taste!!

'Holiday On the Buses' has got to be the epitome of British comedy of the '70s. It has all the ingredients: sexual innuendo, outrageous mis-understandings and a little slapstick thrown in for good measure.

The film itself is the third 'Buses' film, and generally is no better or worse than its predecessors. People tend to either love it or hate it. It is worth noting that most sitcoms don't usually translate to the big screen, this is one of the few exceptions.

The premise of the film is simple: A bus driver and conductor (Stan and Jack) are sacked, but find employment at a holiday camp as the crew of the camp bus. The film has no plot as such, but generally consists of Stan And Jack getting into a series of scrapes with the help of Stan's family who are holidaying at the camp.Add their old adversary, in the shape of Blakey (their ex-inspector, and now in charge of camp security) and the picture is complete.

There are many funny moments in the film, including the 'detour', as well as the paint and the excellent exploding toilet!!

the film never really manages to get out of third gear, but is an interesting look at holiday camp life as it never really was!!! Overall 6 /10