Bus Stop
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
6.1(250) 1956-08-31 95 minComedyDramaRomance
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.
ScreenplayGeorge Axelrod
DirectorJoshua Logan
ProducerMarilyn Monroe
Original Music ComposerCyril J. Mockridge
Original Music ComposerAlfred Newman
ProducerBuddy Adler
Cast & characters
Marilyn Monroe
as Cherie
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
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Linda Brace
as Evelyn (uncredited)
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Mary Carroll
as Cashier (uncredited)
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J.M. Dunlap
as Orville (uncredited)
Ed Fury
as Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)
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Buddy Heaton
as Clown (uncredited)
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Fay L. Ivor
as Rodeo Usher (uncredited)
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Richard Culvert Johnson
as Messenger (uncredited)
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Terry Kelman
as Gerald (uncredited)
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Lucille Knox
as Blonde on Street (uncredited)
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Pete Logan
as Announcer (uncredited)
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Kate MacKenna
as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)
Helen Mayon
as Landlady (uncredited)
David McMahon
as Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited)
Cheerio Meredith
as Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)
Del Moore
as Man at Rodeo (uncredited)
