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Released
1976 · FILM

The Big Bus

At last — the first disaster movie where everybody dies (laughing).

Directed by
Runtime
88 min
ActionComedy

Synopsis

A nuclear‑powered bus undertakes its inaugural nonstop route from New York to Denver. The trip encounters numerous disasters caused by a mysterious organization allied with the oil lobby. The driver, described as down on his luck and reputed for eating his passengers, must attempt to complete the journey.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Edward WarschilkaShot by Harry Stradling JrScored by David ShireDesigned by Joel Schiller

Also known as

  • Die haarsträubende Reise in einem verrückten Busde
  • Le Bus en foliefr
  • Il fantabusit

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