Take Me High (1973, Cliff Richard)

"Set and filmed in Birmingham in 1973 or 4; there are a few street scenes which show a handful of buses such as the 'Standards', also ex Birmingham Corporation Daimler Fleetlines and a smidgeon of Midland Red." (thanks Frank) Can anyone supply further information?

Take the Money and Run (1969, Woody Allen, Janet Margolin)

Shot in San Francisco and featuring Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses. (thanks Richard DeArmond)

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow)

Set in 1958. Sent to Italy to find Dickie Greenleaf (Law), Tom Ripley (Damon) arrives on a dark blue Fiat bus, which is also seen as he leaves.

A Taste of Honey (1961, Rita Tushingham, Dora Brian, Robert Stephens)

Kim Rennie notes a brand new Manchester double decker, identified by Jon Price as a Daimler CV , fleet number 4*86, seen several times in the film; internal and external shots. David Beilby confirms "The bus would be 4586. I remember it as one of that small batch and your other contributor has identified the rest of the number. It runs to Castleton, which for the purposes of the film is in the one in the Peak District, but for Manchester's blinds it was the one between that city and Rochdale." Screencaps by myself and Bob Wingrove confirm this as 4586 (4586NA), a 1961 Daimler CVG6 with Metro-Cammell body. Bob notes that filming took place in Salford, but Salford Corporation refused to provide a bus for filming. Also glimpsed are various buses and a singled deck tram on the front at Blackpool: Malcolm Crowe advises the bus garage overlooked here is Stockport (Mersey Square) seen from the rear. The buses are North Western buses on layover.

The Tawny Pipit (1944, dir Bernard Miles)

Filmed in Gloucestershire; a rural bus is briefly featured in one scene carrying a group of ornithologists. (thanks Alan Sinclair)

Taxi(2004, Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon)

Alan Aron reports "In the brief scene I caught, Fallon is getting into Queen Latifah's taxi to begin a chase. In the background moving from left to right is a Queens Surface Corporation Orion V bus."

Taxi Driver (1976, Robert De Niro)

A number of New York GM New Looks are seen.

Tea With Mussolini (1999, Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin)

A group of British women are imprisoned in Italy; they are taken to jail in a blue normal control bus. (thanks Carlos Wallberg)

Teenage Devil Dolls (1953)

"Rather obscure film with no 'stars' in it...about the horrors of drug addiction. Anyway, a Pacific Electric old look GM pulls up, stops, the female lead in the film gets off, an old woman gets on, and the bus pulls away....with authentic GM 6-71 diesel engine sound. About 15 minutes into the film." (thanks Bruce Korusek)

The Temptations (1998, Charles Malik Whitfield, D B Woodside et al)

Much-praised made for TV movie about the legendary singing group noted by Alan Aron: "The movie chronicles their getting together, forming a group, their rise and fall.
In one scene Motown Records sent out the Temptations, the Supremes and several other groups on a barn-storming concert tour around 1964. It was great to see a GMC PD-4106 still moving on the roads, about 40 years after it was manufactured."

Ten Rillington Place (1971, Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Judy Geeson)

"Beryl and Timothy Evans board a London Transport RF displaying route 15 on its rear screen. This is not very authentic; the events in this film occurred in 1949, and an RT would be a more likely vehicle for this route, or perhaps an STL or similar." (thanks Alan Sinclair) RF512 (MXX489) was in fact new in 1953:

Terminator: Dawn of Fate

Xbox game (included here for convenience): Oakville Transit 729, a 1972 GM T6H-5306 New Look, was used in filming for this game.

Terror on a Train AKA Time Bomb (1953, Glenn Ford)

At the height of the movie the train with the bomb on it (drawn by British Rail locomotive number 48600) is shunted into the fictional Felsworth Siding, and the population of Felsworth is evacuated. Four buses are seen: during the evacuation two Leyland Titan TD5/MCCW of Salford Corporation are seen, with a light-coloured Bedford OWB. There is a brief panning shot along Salford 225 (1940 TD5) in which the Corporation coat of arms is seen, and a glimpse of its registration, BBA550: When the people are told they can return, the two TD5s are seen again, this time in daylight, and the first of them vehicle is clearly seen as Salford 12 (ARJ482, a 1939 TD5): Leading them is a half cab coach in similar livery to the OB, seen side on. Its fleetname begins with S - that's all you see: Both Titans had been withdrawn from service with Salford in 1951. Although the train is ostensibly travelling between the North of England and Portsmouth, it's not clear where the film was shot.

A Test For Love (1937 British sex education film)

A documentary about the risks of venereal disease features a view of Southdown 1119, a 1935 Leyland Tiger TS7/Harrington:

That Kind of Girl (1963, Margaret Rose Keil, David Weston)

Steve Debank at Britmovie found this screencap of London Transport RTW455 (LLU945)on route 31:

That Night (AKA One Hot Summer)(1992, Juliette Lewis)

Restored 1954 Greyhound Scenicruiser 4300 was filmed in Baltimore, Maryland for this film about a 12 year old girl coming of age.
"The bus was restored in full Greyhound livery as the producer had permission from Greyhound to do so. However, the day before filming started Greyhound went on strike and withdrew permission to have their name on the bus. Against my protest, the producer had stage hands remove the Greyhound name and dogs, then called Trailways and received permission to letter the bus TRAILWAYS BUS LINES. Big joke, as the Scenicruiser was built in secret by General Motors in 1952 exclusively for GREYHOUND and TRAILWAYS never had a Scenicruiser. Also, the producer wanted to have a black driver, as Greyhound had ONE black driver in 1952, so out of my 150 employees we found a black gentleman who resembled the actor assigned to play the bus driver. Only my driver never drove a clutch for us and could not seem to master the double clutch technique. The last scene was shot over and over for several hours of the bus doing a run-by on a long country road. The driver was supposed to down shift as he approached the camera crew. However he was unable to get the bus from 4th gear to 3rd and went by the camera many times during retakes grrrrrrrrrinding gears. That scene was edited out and a school bus was substituted for the sundown scene. What a joke, but you know movie producers, they know it all." (many thanks to owner Pete Brenenstuhl)

That Sinking Feeling (1979, dir Bill Forsythe)

"Bill Forsyth's first film about a group of young Glaswegians stealing a quantity of stainless steel sinks, features Greater Glasgow PTE Atlantean HGD 963L on route 46 to Castlemilk during a street scene near the end. " (thanks Jon Price) ....And there's another Atlantean passing in the other direction:

That Thing You Do (1006, Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler)

Features a GMC Scenicruiser in blue and white, which was prepared for the film by Regional Transit Service.

That Was Then This is Now (1985, Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer)

Filmed largely in St Paul, Minnesota. The central character gets off a bus to visit his girlfriend at work at the end of the movie. The destination reads 'Chartered'. More information needed!

Theatre of Blood (1973, Vincent Price, Diana Rigg et al)

Very brief glimpse of a Plaxton Panorama bodied Bedford VAL passing behind Harry Andrews and Diana Rigg as they leave a park cafe: Scenes at a film shoot feature an early model left hand drive Neoplan Skyliner being used as dressing rooms. It's never seen in its entirety, though: There is also a brief shot of a TV/film van with what appears to be an Eastern Coachworks Queen Mary front end (thanks Jon Price)

They Call Me Sirr (2001, TV movie)

Opens with a trip by motorcoach. more detail needed

They Drive By Night (1938, Emlyn Williams)

Has some good (and very rare) views of London Transport LTC11 (EGO515), a private hire AEC Renown coach. Not to be confused with the Humphrey Bogart film of the same name. (+Colin Read)

They Flew Alone (1941, Anna Neagle)

Movie depicting the life of aviator Amy Johnson has some London buses: a partial view of what may be an STD (Leyland Titan TD4) on route 13 near St Paul's Cathedral; also two NSs in Piccadilly Circus and an STL from behind. (+Colin Read)

They Keep the Wheels Turning(1942)

Public information film checked out by Bob wingrove, who provided the screencap - "How women became mechanics to free up more men for war, and to keep civillian vehicles running." Well seen is this early-model London Transport LT-class AEC Renown:

They Knew Mr Knight (1945)

Understood to include footage of Nottingham buses, a trolleybus and a London STL. (+Colin Read)

They Live By Night (1948, Farley Grainger)

"Grainger rides a Greyhound Silversides bus." (thanks Bruce Korusek)

They Met in The Dark (1943, James Mason)

Set in Blackpool; features an appearance by London's Country area C44 (BXD669) a Leyland Cub KPO3 with Short body, with 'Blackpool' as its destination. Although it's disguised somwhat with a fictional fleetname, you can just see the fleet number inside the door. In the second of these screencaps you can also see the AV (Hounslow) garage code, which is strange as C44 spent its working life at GF (Guildford). You can also see a London Transport poster in the window! There's also footage of a Liverpool Corporation AEC Regent on route 80 to Speke, alongside Liverpool Tram 660 on route 6A. .....and more trams, more distant: .....and a line of buses:

The Third Man (1949, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten)

Apparently has a night view of a utility-blinded double decker bus in Vienna. (+Colin Read)

Things To Come (1936, Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson et al)

Fascinatingly prescient science fiction film is lent additional power by its great age and therefore separation from our own time. Buses seen are a mix of elderly and then-new London Transport types, although the town depicted is a generic 'Everytown' Opening street scenes include this: This AEC NS is seen in near darkness - I believe it's NS2273 (YU6222) Parts of buses are seen in the crowd: This shot of the rear platform seems to include registration YP6621, which would indicate an AEC K, K1107: ...but an LT class AEC Renown can't be precisely identified, other than to show it has an enclosed rear staircase: No registration can be seen on this elderly 'decker caught in a bombing raid: After the War has reduced the town to rubble, the older buses are used as homes and shops, and at least one has a wooden roof - it could be the bus seen above: Registration XV6848 is seen on the rear of one, this could be the bus seen in the bombing raid - can anyone identify, please?

Thirty is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968, Dudley Moore)

"During the opening titles a brand new looking AEC Routemaster/Park Royal RML 2364 on route 74 to the Zoo is filled with Dudley Moore's dream brides (Dud is playing conductor)." (thanks Jon Price)

This Happy Breed (1944, Robert Newton, Stanley Holloway, Celia Johnson)

Quick view of an open-top London bus, possibly a K-type, during the 1926 General Strike, also a London tram crossing Clapham Common, and London STLs. (+Colin Read) The K-type is conducted by a strike-breaking Stanley Holloway, but we don't see the whole bus

This Sporting Life (1963, Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts)

Rugby League-set movie features two team coaches, both Plaxton-bodied, the first at night: The sequence with the second also includes a brief view of a Bedford OB in an interior shot: A Leeds city centre sequence has Richard Harris boarding Leeds Corporation 910 (3910UB),an AEC Regent V/Roe: As he boards, this rare 'decker is glimpsed - a West Riding Guy Wulfrunian!

This Woman is Dangerous (1952, Joan Crawford)

"Crawford rides a late 1940s GM transit bus." (thanks Bruce Korusek)

Three and Out (2008, Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Imelda Staunton)

Sullivan Buses VPL174 (X157JOP), a Plaxton President-bodied Volvo B7TL, features; filming took place in Camden. (thanks Dean Sullivan)

Three Hats For Lisa (1965, Joe Brown, Sid James, Una Stubbs)

Views of London include an RT family bus at Piccadilly Circus and an AEC Routemaster on route 15, RM1877 (ALD877B) ....and there's an interesting glimpse of Victoria Coach Station. From the right, a South Midland Bristol MW/Eastern Coachworks, a Midland Red BMMO CM5T (note the toilet cubicle visible at the back), Southdown Leyland Leopard/Harrington Grenadier, a second Southdown (either Weymann or Harrington) then a pair of Maidstone and District Harrington Wayfarer coaches. The vehicle in front of the right Maidstone coach might be East Kent, but it's hard to tell! (Suggested by Colin Read; screencaps from Steve DeBank at Britmovie, help with identification from Bob Wingrove)

Three Men in a Boat (1956, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson, Laurence Harvey)

Martin Ingle notes a PSV Circle report on the use of London General B340 (LA9928) on service 51.

Three to Tango (1999, Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott)

Features Oakville Transit 8236, a 1982 GM T6H-5307N New Look in Chicago Transit Authority livery but lettered for 'ITA' - thought to be a fictional 'Illinois Transit Authority'. This photograph appears thanks to Felix Tse; full size photographs of this bus and many more Oakville Transit 'movie buses' can be seen in the Oakville Transit gallery at Felix's Greater Toronto Bus Page

Thrill Seekers AKA The Time Shifters (1999, Catherine Bell, Casper van Dien, Martin Sheen)

Set partly in Chicago but actually filmed in Hamilton, Ontario; an FBI agent narrowly avoids being knocked down by a Hamilton transit bus. Glimpsed in the background is a Greyhound motorcoach.

Thunderbirds (2004, Bill Paxton)

Another bizarre big film update of a charming 1960s original (see The Avengers, The Magic Roundabout, The Italian Job) nonetheless has a glimpse of two passing Stagecoach London double decker buses on a bridge, apparently oblivious to the computer generated mayhem going on below them.

Tickets for the Zoo (Channel 4 made for TV film)

"Shot in Edinburgh about the plight of a young homeless couple, Carol and George - first shot is of Carol on the top deck of what looks like an ECW-bodied Lothian Region Transport Olympian.
Shot 4 is LRT Olympian 740 (B740 GSC),an ECW bodied Olympian pulling up outside Edinburgh Zoo (side angle with fleetnumber clearly visible).
Shot 5 is a cutaway - then when we cut back to exactly same angle - which is shot 6 - Carol is seen leaving the bus, which has miraculously transformed to bus 333! (E333MSG - an Alexander bodied Olympian)(Well these buses all look the same don't they?)
Whilst flathunting another shot of the couple taken from the upper deck of an Olympian heading down the Mound with West Princes Street Gardens in the background, they spot another couple they know being questioned by a policeman with an Alexander bodied Olympian of the 300/800 batch in the background bearing the destination 'Portobello, Mound, Duddingston' (route 42/46) and final destination 'Bingham' (42/46 would have displayed 'Circle') but on fictitious route '179'. It also appears to be heading DOWN Ramsay Gardens - not used by any services.
In a night time shot two Atlanteans chase each other past the old 'Kings Wark' pub and right into Bernard Street, (I think) at the Shore in Leith (approximately 43 minutes in) {anyone got a better idea of the exact location?}.
Another night shot of George Street, and another (the same!): two Atlanteans chasing each other under the Christmas lights, one is on route 55. (1 hour 3 minutes).
Various other bits and bobs of unidentified Lothian Olympians/Atlanteans appear in the background, telephoto establishing shots etc.
As is usual with most stuff shot in Edinburgh most of the supporting actors appear to have, foreign to this locale, Glaswegian accents!" (thanks Scot Fergie)

Tickle Me! (1965, Elvis Presley)

Presley rides (and sings) aboard a GMC 4104.

The Time Machine (2002, Guy Pearce)

Inferior remake of the Rod Taylor movie does have a horse-drawn omnibus in one scene.

Time Without Pity (1957, Leo McKern, Michael Redgrave)

Back projected footage of a London Transport RTL on route 96. Also a scene in which Redgrave leaves a Government office between an RT family bus and a Green Line RF-class. (+Colin Read)

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953, Stanley Holloway, John Gregson)

One of the classic railway movies, this Ealing comedy depicts the efforts of a group of villagers to keep their branch line to the nearby town of Mallingford in the face of closure threats and competition from the local truck operator, Pearce and Crump. Mr Pearce buys a new bus for the purpose. At first it carries 'Private' as its destination, later it is seen to carry 'Mallingford' on the front. Pearce and Crump try to delay the train by parking truck GL1674 on the line. The engine pushes the truck out of the way, and also wins a shoving match with road roller CH3282. Towards the film's end the coach suffers a collision with a police van.
The coach is a Bedford OB/Duple, GAM338.

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