Watch: Mutiny on the Buses 1972 123movies, Full Movie Online – Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan’s money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea …if only the inspector hadn’t taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park..
Plot: Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan’s money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea …if only the inspector hadn’t taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park
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Almost better than the first film, if not for that messy ending. Still good.‘Mutiny on the Buses’ is the second of three spin-off films from the ‘On the Buses’ television series. I think I’ve watched bits of this one before, certainly the safari parts, but not in full as far as I’m aware.
Reg Varney, Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis are as good as they are in the original film, with Lewis again my personal standout. The sexism, which is prevalent in the 1971 film, is toned-down here, though there are still occurrences – as you’d expect. Any ‘Laugh-O-Meter’ would remain at the same level, nothing close to a full-on laugh but there are amusing moments.
I found the plot, whilst still silly, an improvement on its predecessor. However, the ending feels too randomly stuck together in order to fill the run time; despite it still giving stuff to make for decent viewing.
You lecherous moron!The second of three film spin-offs from the very popular British situation comedy, On the Buses, is actually the best of the three. Of course this will mean nothing to any Brit who wasn’t a fan of the format, or anyone perturbed by the absence of political correctness in movies from a different era.
Falling in line with the wave of sex comedy based movies that surfaced in 1970s Britain, Mutiny on the Buses pitches our sex hungry bus depot workers against a new management regime determined to actually operate a bus company! Hence the mutiny when all and sundry do all they can to usurp the plans of Inspector Blakey (Stephen Lewis) and Mr. Jenkins (Kevin Brennan). What follows, in between the kissing and fondling – and the not so sly innuendo – are the usual pratfall scenarios played for energetic laughs, with the stand out being a fire drill training stint that descends into frothy chaos.
Somewhat forgotten is that the snapshot of the era carries considerable value for those that lived it. The cramped housing arrangements, the sexual attitudes and the unemployment issues brought about by redundancy, these are here making a mark regardless of being played for laughs. The change over of ramshackle buses to the new type as a new era is ushered in – with the engine at the rear no less! And delightful old wives tales to help you to stop snoring.
Yes, there’s the harmless smut (this is hardly the “Confessions Of” or “Adventures Of” standard of sex comedy films), and a gentle smell of misogyny (though the girls are empowered to take control here), but time is a funny thing and so is nostalgia. Mutiny on the Buses, good fun with a wink and a nod to early 70s Britain. 7/10
Laughs with Blakey and the mob
One of the better film comedies of the early seventies trend of making the transition from the small to the big screen. All three films easily surpassed the blandness of the TV series which is currently (Aug 2000) enjoying a re-run on Granada Plus in the UK.
Politically incorrect fun
Watched this last weekend as part of ITV 3’s British Comedy Weekend and for all Mutiny isn’t quite as funny as the first film, the jokes about Olive’s baby breaking wind are a bit tiresome and crass, it’s still a very amusing and totally politically incorrect film( the female clippies are all big busted and sexually easy and Stan and Jack are constantly making the kind of wisecracks that would give Ben Elton a heart attack).Basically the film concerns Blakey’s schemes to get at the drivers by installing radios in their cabs to monitor their workshy behaviour- with some justification as Stan and Jack in one scene are seen playing darts against a side of a bus- but as ever Stan and Jack get the better of him by tuning the radios to police and airport frequencies with very amusing results. Also Stan is engaged to a female clippy and as money is to be tight at home when he moves out, he teaches his brother in law to drive a bus rather ineptly as it turns out. Yet to me the highlight of the film is when Stan and Blakey take a trip bus to Windsor Safari Park and a chimp takes control of the bus with demented results and a lion climbs on the bus and bites both men in the nether regions.
Obviously the film is corny and rather dated now and the PC brigade and the film snobs loathe these films with a passion, but Mutiny is still hilarious in places and I must admit having a thing for the tarty clippies that Jack and Stan lust after. Also if Mutiny on the Buses is so awful, how come it’s always repeated and the television series still has a devoted following.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy
Director Harry Booth
Writer Ronald Wolfe, Ronald Chesney
Actors Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins
Country United Kingdom
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Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm