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The Big Bus

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The Big Bus (1976)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A star-studded cast headlines this outlandish spoof on disaster films in which a gigantic nuclear powered bus--containing a swimming pool, a bowling alley, and a piano bar--and goes out of control... A star-studded cast headlines this outlandish spoof on disaster films in which a gigantic nuclear powered bus--containing a swimming pool, a bowling alley, and a piano bar--and goes out of control and nearly crashes while making a coast-to-coast journey. With a cannibalistic driver (Joseph Bologna) and an oil company man who is working overtime to sabotage the bus, the passengers (Stockard Channing, Richard Mulligan, Ruth Gordon, Rene Auberjonois, and more) assured a bumpy ride. Director James Frawley's (TV's The Monkees) is an obvious influence on 1980's AIRPLANE!. [More]

Starring: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Lynn Redgrave

Starring: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Lynn Redgrave, Rene Auberjonois, Ned Beatty, Bob Dishy, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Richard B. Shull, Harold Gould, Stuart Margolin, Vic Tayback, Howard Hesseman, Murphy Dunne

Director: James Frawley

Director: James Frawley
Screenwriter: Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman

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