North By North West

(1959, Cary Grant)

Features Chicago Greyhound Station. The opening credits include this street scene:
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At the end of the opening credits a man tries and fails to get on a green/cream bus as the doors slam in his face - he is played by Alfred Hitchcock. 2930 was a GMC 'Old Look' TDH4509 new to New York City Omnibus in 1949. It's seen here in the livery of Fifth Avenue Coach Lines.
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A similar vehicle appears briefly:
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Before the famous attack by a crop-spraying aircraft, Cary Grant is set down in the middle of nowhere from a Greyhound Scenicruiser:
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Another bus, a Flxible BR-29, also stops briefly. Note that the soundtrack of the Scenicruiser is re-used for the Flxible! This bus is still in use, converted to an RV:
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