The Runaway Bus

The Runaway Bus

73 mins | Comedy, Thriller | Sept. 28, 1953

When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb 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.

The Runaway Bus

73 mins | Comedy, Thriller | Sept. 28, 1953

The Runaway Bus
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb 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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Val Guest Productions
Original title The Runaway Bus
Directors Val Guest
Writers Val Guest

Cast

Frankie Howerd

as Percy Lamb

Margaret Rutherford

as Miss Cynthia Beeston

Petula Clark

as Stewardess 'Nikki' Nicholls

George Coulouris

as Ernest Schroeder

Terence Alexander

as Pilot Peter Jones

Toke Townley

as Henry Waterman

Belinda Lee

as Janie Grey

John Horsley

as Inspector Henley

Anthony Oliver

as Uniformed Senior Airport Official

Sam Kydd

as Airport Security Officer

Marianne Stone

as Travel Girl

Stringer Davis

as 2nd Transport Officer

Michael Gwynn

as 1st Transport Officer

Reginald Beckwith

as Telephone Man

Lionel Murton

as American Traveller

Lisa Gastoni

as Receptionist

Cyril Conway

as 1st Crook

Arthur Lovegrove

as 2nd Crook

Alastair Hunter

as Detective Spencer