Bus Stop

Aug 31, 1956

1h 36m

★ 6.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Marilyn Monroe Productions

20th Century Fox

Bus Stop Trailers

Cast

Cherie

Marilyn Monroe

Beauregard 'Bo' Decker

Don Murray

Virgil Blessing

Arthur O'Connell

Grace

Betty Field

Vera

Eileen Heckart

Carl

Robert Bray

Elma Duckworth

Hope Lange

Life Magazine Photographer

Hans Conried

Life Magazine Reporter

Max Showalter

Evelyn (uncredited)

Linda Brace

Cashier (uncredited)

Mary Carroll

Orville (uncredited)

J.M. Dunlap

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