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61% Critic Match
Bus Stop
“Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!”
6.1 / 10• 1956• 1h 35m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Marilyn Monroe
Cherie
Lead
Don Murray
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
Arthur O'Connell
Virgil Blessing
Betty Field
Grace
Eileen Heckart
Vera
Robert Bray
Carl
Hope Lange
Elma Duckworth
Hans Conried
Life Magazine Photographer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joshua Logan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bus Stop is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
