Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderson, Peter Brook, and Tony Richardson. Comic legend Zero Mostel stars as an opera singer (in full costume) navigating the London transport network as he attempts to reach Covent Garden in 'Ride of the Valkyrie'. Scripted by Shelagh Delaney, 'The White Bus' blends realism, drama, and poetry as a despondent young woman travels home to the North of England. And Vanessa Redgrave stars in Tony Richardson’s romantic reverie and musical featurette 'Red and Blue'. Produced in 1967, but ultimately shelved.
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Zero Mostel
Known for
The Producers
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Julia Foster
Known for
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Frank Thornton
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Patricia Healey
The Girl
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Arthur Lowe
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John Sharp
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Julie Perry
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Also in
The White Bus
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Stephen Moore
Young Man
Known for
Clockwise
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Victor Henry
Transistorite
Known for
The Sorcerers
Anthony Hopkins
Brechtian
Known for
Westworld
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Barry Evans
Boy
Known for
Mind Your Language
Vanessa Redgrave
Jacky
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Atonement
Tony Richardson Director · Peter Brook Director Lindsay Anderson Director
Director Screenplay
Tony Richardson
Director Writer
Peter Brook
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Screenplay Story
Shelagh Delaney
Screenplay
Julian More
Composer
Monty Norman
Composer
Howard Blake
Composer
Stanley Black
Cinematographer
Miroslav Ondříček
Cinematographer
David Watkin
Cinematographer
Billy Williams
Editor
Kevin Brownlow
United States release December 21, 1979 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Woodfall Film Productions
Production
Holly Films
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 30, 1968
Limited theatrical
United States · December 21, 1979
Theatrical · The first time all three short films were screened together was in December 1979 at the Thalia theater in New York.
United Kingdom
April 9, 2018 · Theatrical · Made in 1967 but never released at the time. Finally released as a restored anthology film in 2018 by the BFI.
December 10, 2018 · Physical
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