The Big Bus
Brief Synopsis
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The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is going Non-stop from New York to Denver and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the Oil lobby. When the driver is injured a washed up, down on his luck, but used to be great type, who as it happens, used to be engaged to the inventor's daughter is brought in to drive the giant bus which includes a one lane swimming pool and a one lane bowling alley.
Cast & Crew
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James Frawley
Director
Vic Tayback
Howard Hesseman
Ned Beatty
Jose Ferrer
Murphy Dunne
Film Details
Also Known As
Big Bus, bus en folie
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Disaster
Release Date
1976
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Color
Color
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Synopsis
This "disaster movie" parody 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). The designers of the Big Bus also have a few skeletons in their closet. In fact, there isn't a passenger on the manifest that isn't hiding something.
Director
James Frawley
Director
Cast
Vic Tayback
Howard Hesseman
Ned Beatty
Jose Ferrer
Murphy Dunne
Richard B. Shull
Joseph Bologna
Lynn Redgrave
Dennis Kort
John Beck
Stuart Margolin
Mary Wilcox
Harold Gould
Larry Hagman
Rene Auberjonois
Raymond Guth
Ruth Gordon
Richard Mulligan
Bob Dishy
James Jeter
Walter Brooke
Miriam Byrd-nethery
Sally Kellerman
Stockard Channing
Crew
Chris Christenberry
Assistant Director
Lawrence Cohen
Screenplay
Lawrence J. Cohen
Producer
Mel Efros
Assistant Director
Fred Freeman
Producer
Fred Freeman
Screenplay
Barbara Krieger
Set Decorator
Henry Mancini
Song
Al Overton Jr.
Sound
Julia Phillips
Executive Producer
Michael Phillips
Executive Producer
Joel Schiller
Production Designer
David Shire
Music
Harry Stradling Jr.
Director Of Photography
Edward A. Warschilka
Editor
John Wilkinson
Sound
Film Details
Also Known As
Big Bus, bus en folie
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Disaster
Release Date
1976
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Color
Color
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Quotes
You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world!- Dan
The aerodynamics work! He's breaking wind at 90!- Scotty
Dan's a good man, and he's never eaten a whole person in his entire life.- Kitty Baxter
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1976
Released in United States 1976
