The Runaway Bus poster

Movie · 1953

The Runaway Bus

Released 16 February 1953 More from 1953 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
George Coulouris
as Ernest Schroeder
49
Reginald Beckwith
as Telephone Man
44
Frankie Howerd
as Percy Lamb
35
John Horsley
as Inspector Henley
32
Belinda Lee
as Janie Grey
17
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
49George Coulouris — oldest on the call sheet
17Belinda Lee — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast
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