The Big Bus (1976)
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67% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
51% of users liked it
(1,776 ratings)
The Big Bus is set aboard a nonstop, nuclear-powered luxury bus commandeered by Joseph Bologna. Naturally, Bologna is a tortured hero with a deep dark secret (he keeps insisting he didn't eat all those passengers on his last disastrous drive). Stockard Channing and Harold Gould play the… More The Big Bus is set aboard a nonstop, nuclear-powered luxury bus commandeered by Joseph Bologna. Naturally, Bologna is a tortured hero with a deep dark secret (he keeps insisting he didn't eat all those passengers on his last disastrous drive). Stockard Channing and Harold Gould play the designers of the big bus, and of course they have a few skeletons in their closet. In fact, there isn't a passenger on the all-star manifest that isn't hiding something. The supporting cast features contributions by René Auberjonois (parodying his M*A*S*H role), Ned Beatty, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon (doing a devastating send-up of Airport's Helen Hayes), Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, and many others; Murphy Dunne contributes a memorable bit as a smarmy cocktail pianist. Unfortunately, The Big Bus was dumped onto the summer 1976 release schedule without fanfare by Paramount, and it sank without a trace. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Frawley
- Written By
- Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jun 23, 1976 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View
I'd like to pretend it's a better movie than it is... its failings aren't gross and its modest pleasures are so far superior to the general run this slummy summer season that I feel very kindly toward it.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Zany bus ride tries to be 'Mad World,' but hits pot hole
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Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
The 'star-studded' cast of familiar faces is one of the conventions of disaster movies that writers Cohen and Fred Freeman have stuck to
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Cast
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Joseph Bologna
as Dan Torrance
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Stockard Channing
as Kitty Baxter
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John Beck
as Shoulders O'Brien
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Rene Auberjonois
as Father Kudos
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Ned Beatty
as Shorty Scotty
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Bob Dishy
as Dr. Kurtz
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José Ferrer
as Ironman
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Ruth Gordon
as Old Lady
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Harold Gould
as Prof. Baxter
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Larry Hagman
as Parking Lot Doctor
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Sally Kellerman
as Sybil Crane
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Richard Mulligan
as Claude Crane
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Lynn Redgrave
as Camille Levy
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Richard B. Shull
as Emery Bush
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Stuart Margolin
as Alex
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Howard Hesseman
as Scotty's Aide Jack
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Mary Charlotte Wilcox
as Mary Jane Beth Sue
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Walter Brooke
as Mr. Ames
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Vic Tayback
as Goldie
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Murphy Dunne
as Tommy Joyce
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Miriam Byrd-Nethery
as Farmer's wife
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Dennis Kort
as Farmer's son
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James Jeter
as Bus Bartender
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Selma Archerd
as Bus Passenger
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Dan Barrows
as 2nd Cemetary Man
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Joe Brooks
as Passenger
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Richard Crystal
as Passenger
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David Essex
as Passenger
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Raymond Guth
as Pickup truck driver.
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Harry Holcombe
as Priest
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Judy Motulsky
as Passenger
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Vito Scotti
as Barber
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Cynthia Szigeti
as Passenger
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Morgan Upton
as 1st Cemetary Man
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Ann Weldon
as Passenger
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Bert Williams
as Passenger
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Andrew Winner
as Passenger
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Carol Worthington
as Passenger
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Mickey Fox
as Passenger
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Alex Brown
as Passenger
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Nick Pellegrino
as Passenger
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Harry Frazier
as Passenger
