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Bus Stop

Bus Stop

6,1 /10 (250 Votes)
1956 EN 95 min

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.

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Release date

31/08/1956

Votes

250

Popularity

3.0

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

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

95 min

Budget

$220,000

Revenue

$7,270,000

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Cherie

Don Murray

Don Murray

Beauregard 'Bo' Decker

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell

Virgil Blessing

Betty Field

Betty Field

Grace

Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart

Vera

Robert Bray

Robert Bray

Carl

Hope Lange

Hope Lange

Elma Duckworth

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Life Magazine Photographer

Max Showalter

Max Showalter

Life Magazine Reporter

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Linda Brace

Evelyn (uncredited)

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Mary Carroll

Cashier (uncredited)

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J.M. Dunlap

Orville (uncredited)

Ed Fury

Ed Fury

Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)

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Buddy Heaton

Clown (uncredited)

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Fay L. Ivor

Rodeo Usher (uncredited)

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Richard Culvert Johnson

Messenger (uncredited)

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Terry Kelman

Gerald (uncredited)

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Lucille Knox

Blonde on Street (uncredited)

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Pete Logan

Announcer (uncredited)

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Kate MacKenna

Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Helen Mayon

Helen Mayon

Landlady (uncredited)

David McMahon

David McMahon

Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited)

Cheerio Meredith

Cheerio Meredith

Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)

Del Moore

Del Moore

Man at Rodeo (uncredited)

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Phil J. Munch

Preacher (uncredited)

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Jim Katugi Noda

Japanese Cook (uncredited)

James O'Rear

James O'Rear

Mr. Foster (uncredited)

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Norman Papson

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Wilbur Plaugher

Clown (uncredited)

Edward G. Robinson Jr.

Edward G. Robinson Jr.

Cowboy (uncredited)

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William Schub

Messenger (uncredited)

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George Selk

Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Henry Slate

Henry Slate

Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub (uncredited)

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Bill Stanberry

Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited)

Greta Thyssen

Greta Thyssen

Cover Girl (uncredited)

Casey Tibbs

Casey Tibbs

Himself (uncredited)

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Andy Womack

Clown (uncredited)

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2016-03-17

⭐ 8

In her prime, which because of her death at any early age was all of her cinematic life, Monroe was a gorgeous force of nature very much underappreciated in her thespianism. Once I adjusted to Logan's directional style and to the rodeo and fish-out-of-water concepts, I really laid back and enjoyed this. Though it doesn't feature Marilyn's best singing--she portrays a bad singer, at least at the start--it does have some of her best acting, as she finds out she's accepted for who she really is. Wish that had happened to her in real life. Don't get me wrong: it's not by any stretch of the imagina…

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