The Wayward Bus (1957)

★ 5.5 1h 27m IMDb

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.

The Wayward Bus

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Cast

Joan Collins
Joan Collins as Alice Chicoy Age 92 · Paddington, London, England, UK Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap...
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield as Camille Oakes Died 1967 · Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. One of the leading blonde sex symbols of the 1950s, Mansfield starred in several pop...
Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey as Ernest Horton Died 1978 · New York, New York, USA Daniel James Dailey Jr. was an American dancer and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Dailey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia..
Rick Jason
Rick Jason as Johnny Chicoy Died 2000 · New York City, New York, USA Rick Jason (born Richard Jacobson; May 21, 1923 – October 16, 2000) was an American actor, born in New York City, and most remembered for starring in the ABC television drama Combat! (1962–1967)..
Betty Lou Keim
Betty Lou Keim as Norma Died 2010 · Malden, Massachusetts, USA Betty Lou Keim (September 27, 1938 – January 27, 2010) was an American stage, film, and television actress..
Dolores Michaels
Dolores Michaels as Mildred Pritchard Died 2001 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dolores Michaels was an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolores Michaels , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 6/10 Apr 20, 2023
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" (Larry Keating) who is travelling with his rather high maintenance wife "Bernice" (Kathryn Givney) and daughter "Mildred" (Dolores Michaels) and, finally, they've got the rather curmudgeonly "Van Brunt" (Will Wright). As the weather closes in and they have to take a diversion along a washboard, desert, road, the characters on the bus appear, gradually, to face the sane uncertainty in their lives as the bus does on it's increasingly perilous journey. Meantime, poor old "Alice" is stuck at home nursing a bottle, having a bath and bemoaning the absence of her husband. Can they reconcile? For the first half hour or so, this is actually not bad. Thereafter, though, it strays well over the border into soap. Mansfield has probably the strongest character and plays quite well but Collins just hasn't the skill to carry off her role with anything like a convincing performance. The last twenty minutes rob the film of what jeopardy the wet and windy journey had hitherto established and by the end you just know what is going to happen - and it's nothing special.

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