Bus Stop
movie
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
Released August 31, 1956
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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Joshua Logan
as
Director
George Axelrod
as
Screenplay
Milton Krasner
as
Director of Photography
Marilyn Monroe
as
Producer
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Ray Kellogg
as
Visual Effects
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Ken Darby
as
Songs
Alfred Newman
as
Original Music Composer
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Cyril J. Mockridge
as
Original Music Composer
Alfred Newman
as
Conductor
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Lyle R. Wheeler
as
Art Direction
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Mark-Lee Kirk
as
Art Direction
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Walter M. Scott
as
Set Decoration