Rent The Runaway Bus (1954)
3.3 of 5 from 69 ratings
1h 17min
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- Synopsis:
- When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) 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.
- Actors:
- Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris, Toke Townley, Terence Alexander, Belinda Lee, John Horsley, Anthony Oliver, Stringer Davis, Michael Gwynn, Reginald Beckwith, Marianne Stone, Lionel Murton, Lisa Gastoni
- Directors:
- Val Guest
- Writers:
- Val Guest
- Studio:
- Pickwick
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
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Reviews (2) of The Runaway Bus
Great old film but... - The Runaway Bus review by CP Customer
It would have been very enjoyable had the technical quality not been so so bad. To release a great old film for it's time then insult all who worked on it with this: out of focus, green fringing on the left of frame, dirt in the gate on right, possibly from 16mm copy. Oh dear such a shame. Glad I did not buy it and only rented!!!
Rating the film 3 stars. Quality NO STARS
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
For quality of images NO STARS! A jolly good story but... - The Runaway Bus review by MB
A jolly good story, but let down badly by the extremely poor quality of the imaging. It reminded me of a bad ‘rip-off’ DVD, copied from, well goodness knows where those people find these old films.
I enjoyed the plot and all the actors played their parts very well. I watched this film on my Apple 13 inch laptop computer and on this size screen, the image was barely passable. There is no was on earth that this could be viewed happily on any sized screen larger than this. Very saddening.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.