The Wayward Bus (1957)
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John Steineck's novel The Wayward Bus was retranslated into pop-entertainment terms for the screen. Most of the story takes place on the charter bus owned by driver Rick Jason. Travelling slowly through a treacherous California mountain region, the passengers -- including Jason's spiteful,… More John Steineck's novel The Wayward Bus was retranslated into pop-entertainment terms for the screen. Most of the story takes place on the charter bus owned by driver Rick Jason. Travelling slowly through a treacherous California mountain region, the passengers -- including Jason's spiteful, alcoholic wife Joan Collins-- undergo a variety of life-altering experiences. The journey has its most profound effects upon an iconoclastic travelling salesman (Dan Dailey) and lonely stripper (Jayne Mansfield). This is one instance in which the oblong CinemaScope lens is inappropriate to the intimacy of the story. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Victor Vicas
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 27, 1957 Wide
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Cast
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Joan Collins
as Alice Chicov
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Jayne Mansfield
as Camille
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Dan Dailey
as Ernest Horton
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Rick Jason
as Johnny Chicoy
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Dolores Michaels
as Mildred Pritchard
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Larry Keating
as Pritchard
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Robert Bray
as Morse
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Kathryn Givney
as Mrs. Pritchard
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Dee Pollock
as Pimples
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Will Wright
as Dan Brunt
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Betty Lou Keim
as Norma
