Holiday on the Buses (1973)

Stan and Jack seek work at a bus driving holiday camp after being fired from the bus company for crashing two buses, only to find Inspector Blake works there also.

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
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 | erotica | erotic 70s | 

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Taglines:

It's a laugh package tour . . so come along with "the gang"

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 December 1973 (UK)

Also Known As:

Ein irrer Trip im Wahnsinnsbus

Filming Locations:

Station Road Bridge, Rhuddlan Castle, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anglo-EMI, Hammer Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Australian home video sleeve notes described the picture as "the laughter hit of Christmas 1973".

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Goofs

Reflected in the bus window, after Stan stops outside the camp gates.

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Quotes

Jack: Olive's been crying all morning, what happened to her last night?
Stan Butler: Nothing, that's why she's crying. I think mum did alright -he carved another notch in his walking stick.

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Connections

References Carry on Loving (1970)

User Reviews

holiday on the buses

holiday on the buses is a classic British movie, with plenty of jokes and comic references, this truly is up there with the carry on movies and not forgetting the confession movies. quality 10/10. not too be missed!!!! on the buses, mutiny on the buses and holiday on the buses completes the hat-trick, these films are a must for any fan of the 60's , 70's British movie era. all movies are just over an hour and twenty minutes long, I've been a fan since i was a boy. the story: fired from the bus depot jack and stan go beside the seaside on a holiday camp in wales to run the resorts transport, but when their former inspector blakey turns up as chief security inspector all hell is gonna break loose for stan and jack.