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Bus Stop
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Joshua Logan
- Written by
- George Axelrod, William Inge
Cast
Marilyn Monroe
Cherie
Don Murray
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
Arthur O'Connell
Virgil Blessing
Betty Field
Grace
Eileen Heckart
Vera
Robert Bray
Carl
Hope Lange
Elma Duckworth
Hans Conried
Life Magazine Photographer
Max Showalter
Life Magazine Reporter
Linda Brace
Evelyn (uncredited)
Mary Carroll
Cashier (uncredited)
J.M. Dunlap
Orville (uncredited)
Ed Fury
Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)
Buddy Heaton
Clown (uncredited)
Fay L. Ivor
Rodeo Usher (uncredited)
Richard Culvert Johnson
Messenger (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- August 31, 1956
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $220,000
- Box office
- $7,270,000
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