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The Big Bus

Year:

1976

Duration:

88 min

Genres:

Comedy | Action

IMDB rate:

5.6

Director:

James Frawley

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-10-22

Cast

Actor

Character

Sally Kellerman

Joseph Bologna

Dan Torrance

Stockard Channing

Kitty Baxter

John Beck

Shoulders

Rene Auberjonois

Father Kudos

Ned Beatty

Shorty Scotty

Bob Dishy

Dr. Kurtz

José Ferrer

Ironman (as Jose Ferrer)

Ruth Gordon

Old Lady

Harold Gould

Professor Baxter

Larry Hagman

Parking Lot Doctor

Richard Mulligan

Claude Crane

Lynn Redgrave

Camille Levy

Richard B. Shull

Emery Bush

Stuart Margolin

Alex

Howard Hesseman

Jack

Mary Charlotte Wilcox

Mary Jane Beth Sue (as Mary Wilcox)

Walter Brooke

Mr. Ames

Vic Tayback

Goldie

Murphy Dunne

Tommy Joyce

Raymond Guth

Farmer

Miriam Byrd-Nethery

Farmer's Wife

Dennis Kort

Farmer's Son

James Jeter

Bus Bartender

Vito Scotti

Barber

Harry Holcombe

Priest

Morgan Upton

First Cemetery Man

Beans Morocco

Second Cemetery Man (as Dan Barrows)

Della Thomas

Stewardess

Jess Nadelman

TV Reporter

Michael W. Schwartz

Bus Station Greeter

Selma Archerd

Bus Passenger

Chuck Bergansky

Bus Passenger

Joe Brooks

Bus Passenger

Alex Brown

Bus Passenger (as Alex A. Brown)

Bart Carpinelli

Bus Passenger

Richard Crystal

Bus Passenger

Jerry DeWilde

Bus Passenger

David Essex

Bus Passenger

Karalee Fenske

Bus Passenger

Mickey Fox

Bus Passenger

Harry Frazier

Bus Passenger

Laurie Hagen

Bus Passenger

An Tsan Hu

Bus Passenger

Gregory C. Johnson

Bus Passenger

Walter Lott

Bus Passenger

Vincent Milana

Bus Passenger

Judy Motulsky

Bus Passenger

Erin Kathleen O'Reilly

Bus Passenger

Nick Pellegrino

Bus Passenger

Eugenie Ross-Leming

Bus Passenger

Cynthia Szigeti

Bus Passenger

Ann Weldon

Bus Passenger

Bert Williams

Bus Passenger

Andrew Winner

Bus Passenger

Carol Worthington

Bus Passenger

Did you know?

Trivia

The nick-name of "The Big Bus" was "Cyclops". It was so-called due to the bus' solo large front headlight.

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"The Big Bus" had thirty-two wheels, weighed seventy-five tons and measured 106 feet long. It was articulated, double-deckered and nuclear powered.

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For the big arrival of the big bus, a bus station in downtown Los Angeles had to have its roof raised, so the gigantic coach could enter the facility.

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Goofs

During the entire trip from New York to Denver, the only scenery we see is that along mountain roads east of Los Angeles.

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When they are loading the bus for the trip that begins in Midtown Manhattan, the bus is parked near a bus terminal. The only bus terminal in Midtown Manhattan is Port Authority Bus Terminal. The terminal used in the movie is not the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

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At the very end, just before the the bus splits, they are supposedly heading into Denver. However, for just a moment before the "Denver 25 mi" sign, you can see a California state highway sign for CA2, the Angeles Crest Highway, north east of LA.

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Quotes

Dan: You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world!

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Dan: I'd eaten everything else! I ate the seat cushions like they told us to in training!

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Old Woman: Looks like he got kicked in the nuts!

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