The Runaway Bus

October. 23,1954      NR
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Sam Kydd as  Airport Security Officer
Marianne Stone as  Travel Girl

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