The 'star-studded' cast of familiar faces is one of the conventions of disaster movies that writers Cohen and Fred Freeman have stuck to
The Big Bus (1976)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
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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| 44% 44% | Night at the Museum: B… |
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| 95% 95% | Star Trek |
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| 47% 47% | The Girl From Monaco |
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