the 3rd and last big screen spin off from the very popular itv sitcom of the early 1970 and holiday on the bus be every bit a resistible and crude a the previous two effort and and observe from a standpoint three and a half decade later and it be truly mind boggling that even one film be produce in this franchise . what constitute the plot surround the adventure of stan butler ( reg varney ) and his conductor jack ( bob grant ) and their bumblingly autocratic inspector blake ( stephen lewis ) after their sacking from their regular job at the bus depot . they all find work in similar position at a holiday camp with stan family ( doris hare and anna karen and michael robbins ) follow therewith . british cinema have a deserve and considerable reputation for high quality in the 1960 and but much of this be due to american financial support and guidance which sadly draw to a close a the 1970 dawn . thereafter and notable homegrown title ( get carter be the among these very few exception ) become as rare a mick jagger in a stable marriage and and uk cinema go down the road of cheap budget and sleazy and witless sex comedy ( the confession series and come play with me ) and flabby and elongate celluloid version of various tv show and mostly sitcom ( this be one of many hideous example ) . only dads army and porridge come off fairly respectably in this regard while the quirky success of the first on the bus film ( it be the big box office hit of it year in 1971 and nonsensical to think now . ) lead to two further sequel . to be fair and the tv series itself have a cheerful and ripe and non pc vulgarity about it which be reasonably tolerable in half hour sitcom form and but stretch to three time that length it tax the patience beyond belief . it ironical that hammer film produce this effort a it virtually resemble a horror film in the literal sense and with ancient pun and hackneyed and poorly time slapstick and awful and seedy production value . a chance to send up the cheesiness of the british holiday camp be totally waste here in favour of the above element and and it be most bizarre and if not gruesome and to see the obviously 50 something varney and the beaky nose and long toothed grant manage to instantly charm young woman barely in their early twenty and while constantly laugh at their own bravado and lame joke . the presence of wilfrid brambell ( from steptoe and son ) romance the age miss hare do not help matter either and and even though the film last about 1 and a half hour and it drag on to an interminably depressing degree . thankfully and this be the last film in this most dire of film trilogy and and the tv series itself come to an end around the same time and with a sequel ( dont drink the water and which be roundly savage by the critic and ignore by audience ) follow in 1975. most of the leading actor involve be not see much afterwards and but the bad affect be bob grant . afflict with depression and other mental problem for many year and he commit suicide in 2003. a sad coda to a sitcom that be the most popular of it era ( it have not age too well either ) and and should have remain that way and rather than the three financially successful but artistically hopeless big screen hybrid which dilute the happy memory and occasional merit of it tv counterpart . rating represent2 and a half out of 10 .