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The Wayward Bus

The Wayward Bus

5,6 /10 (19 Votes)
1957 EN 87 min

Overview

Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.

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Release date

27/05/1957

Votes

19

Popularity

1.2

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Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

87 min

Budget

$1,465,000

Revenue

$1,750,000

Original Soundtrack

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-04-20

⭐ 6

The rather dashing "Johnny" (Rick Jason - he reminded me of Laurence Harvey a bit) runs his bus service/diner with help from the young "Kit" (Dee Pollack) and his dipso wife "Alice" (Joan Collins). She is jealous of just about everyone and when she slaps their waitress "Norma" (Betty Lou Keim) he has had enough. He embarks his passengers and sets off - amidst quite a thunderstorm - to San Reno. The bus has a mixture of occupants. The glamorous and savvy "Camille" (Jayne Mansfield) soon attracts the attention of travelling salesman "Horton" (Dan Dailey) and the slightly sleazy "Pritchard" (Larr…

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