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- BFI identifier30244
- Date1934-02-05 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisSeveral people are involved in a bus crash. In flashback we see events from the 24 hours which lead up to their shared disaster, with the interleaving of seven stories showing how the characters happened to be on the bus at that particular time. Reflecting the seven story strands, the film's cast list is divided into seven sections, as follows: On The Bus, Joe of the Caledonian Market, Jackson the Shipping Clerk, Wakefield the 'City' Man, Blake the Gentleman of Fortune, Mr. Lightfoot in the Park, and Millie the Non-stop Variety Girl. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits: 'You hear of an accident - There are victims - Strangers to one another - Supposing we could put back the clock and see how chance made these strangers share this appaling moment.......'
- Genre
- CreditsDirected by: Victor Saville
A Gainsborough Picture: Gainsborough Pictures
Presents: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
view all - CastSonnie Hale (Alf, the conductor) On the Bus
Cyril Smith (Fred, the driver) On the Bus
Muriel Aked (Miss Twigg) On the Bus
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Title
Friday the Thirteenth (Original)
Friday the 13th (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/4A91-D09E-23B3-86BD-621E-8Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsDocument: report - Story by: Sydney Gilliat and G.H. Moresby-White - BBFC-1-2-152
Script - Script type: [Pre-production script] - SCR-8371
Script - Script type: 2nd copy with scene markers and deletions donated by BAFTA - SCR-8372
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-30244
Small pressbooks held. See FILM AND TELEVISION EPHEMERA List.
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- +Friday the Thirteenth
Work - 30244 - 1934-02-05 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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