Bus Stop

"Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!"

Sep 20 1956 Approved 1h 36m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

Innocent rodeo cowboy Bo falls in love with cafe singer Cherie in Phoenix. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he finds her and forces her to board the bus to his home in Montana. When the bus stops at Grace's Diner the passengers learn that the road ahead is blocked. By now everyone knows of the kidnapping, but Bo is determined to have Cherie.

Written by

George Axelrod, William Inge, Maurice Griffe

Directed by

Joshua Logan

Cast

Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Marilyn Monroe Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 9 nominations total

Trailers
The Bus Stop (1956) trailer
Featurettes
Dan Ireland on Bus Stop
Scores
# of Votes
13,084
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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