Bus Stop (1956)
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
96 min
Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
- Release date
- August 31, 1956
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $220,000
- Box office
- $7,270,000
Trailer
Cast
- Marilyn Monroe as Chérie
- Don Murray as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
- Arthur O'Connell as Virgil Blessing
- Betty Field as Grace
- Eileen Heckart as Vera
- Robert Bray as Carl
- Hope Lange as Elma Duckworth
- Hans Conried as Life Magazine Photographer
- Max Showalter as Life Magazine Reporter
- Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band as Themselves
Crew
- Joshua Logan · Director
- George Axelrod · Writer
- William Inge · Writer
- Buddy Adler · Producer
- Cyril J. Mockridge · Composer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Milton R. Krasner · Cinematographer
- William Reynolds · Editor