Bus Stop (1956)
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
1956 · 1h 35m · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Genres: 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.
Director: Joshua Logan
Writers: George Axelrod
Music by: Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Milton Krasner
Editor: William Reynolds
Box office: $7M · Rated 6.1/10 by 250 viewers
Cast
Marilyn Monroe as CherieDon Murray as Beauregard 'Bo' DeckerArthur O'Connell as Virgil BlessingBetty Field as GraceEileen Heckart as VeraRobert Bray as CarlHope Lange as Elma DuckworthHans Conried as Life Magazine PhotographerMax Showalter as Life Magazine ReporterLinda Brace as Evelyn (uncredited)Mary Carroll as Cashier (uncredited)J.M. Dunlap as Orville (uncredited)More like this
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