Movie: The Runaway Bus

Top 10 Billed Cast

Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd

Percy Lamb

Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford

Miss Cynthia Beeston

Petula Clark
Petula Clark

Stewardess 'Nikki' Nicholls

George Coulouris
George Coulouris

Ernest Schroeder

Terence Alexander
Terence Alexander

Pilot Peter Jones

Toke Townley
Toke Townley

Henry Waterman

Belinda Lee
Belinda Lee

Janie Grey

John Horsley
John Horsley

Inspector Henley

Anthony Oliver
Anthony Oliver

Uniformed Senior Airport Official

Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd

Airport Security Officer

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    When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.

  • Release Date

    1953-09-28

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Go on, laugh... And the best of luck!

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  • Languages:

    English
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