On the Buses (film)

On the Buses (film)
On the Buses
Directed by Harry Booth
Produced by Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Written by Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Starring Reg Varney
Doris Hare
Anna Karen
Bob Grant
Stephen Lewis
Michael Robbins
Music by Max Harris
Cinematography Mark McDonald
Editing by Archie Ludski
Distributed by MGM-EMI
Release date(s) July 1971 (1971-07)
Running time 88 mins.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

On the Buses is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and starring Reg Varney and Doris Hare. The film is the first spin-off film from the TV sitcom On the Buses and was followed by two further films Mutiny on the Buses (1972) and Holiday on the Buses (1973). The film was produced by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe for Hammer Films.

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Bus driver Stan (Reg Varney) cannot afford the payments on a new washing machine. His overtime earnings have been cut because the bus company have decided to revoke a long-standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Worried at the thought of no overtime, and therefore less wages, he joins forces with his longtime work colleague Jack (Bob Grant) to sabotage the new female employees. Meanwhile, just as his sister Olive (Anna Karen) starts working in the canteen, she discovers that she's expecting.

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