Busses Roar (1942)
BYE-BYE, SPY! HERE COME THE MARINES!...What action! Iron-fisted leatherneck mows down sabotage ring...on hurtling cross-country bus!
Genre : War, Drama, Romance
Runtime : 58M
Director : D. Ross Lederman
Writer : George Bilson, Anthony Coldeway
Synopsis
A sergeant saves the day when Axis agents plant a bomb on a bus bound for California oil fields.
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