Bus Stop

Bus Stop

96 mins | Comedy, Romance | Aug. 31, 1956

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.

Bus Stop

96 mins | Comedy, Romance | Aug. 31, 1956

Bus Stop
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers 20th Century Fox, Marilyn Monroe Productions
Original title Bus Stop
Directors Ben Kadish, Joshua Logan
Writers William Inge, George Axelrod

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

Linda Brace

as Evelyn (uncredited)

Mary Carroll

as Cashier (uncredited)

J.M. Dunlap

as Orville (uncredited)

Ed Fury

as Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)

Buddy Heaton

as Clown (uncredited)

Fay L. Ivor

as Rodeo Usher (uncredited)

Richard Culvert Johnson

as Messenger (uncredited)

Terry Kelman

as Gerald (uncredited)

Lucille Knox

as Blonde on Street (uncredited)

Pete Logan

as Announcer (uncredited)

Kate MacKenna

as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Helen Mayon

as Landlady (uncredited)

David McMahon

as Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited)

Cheerio Meredith

as Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)

Del Moore

as Man at Rodeo (uncredited)

Phil J. Munch

as Preacher (uncredited)

Jim Katugi Noda

as Japanese Cook (uncredited)

James O'Rear

as Mr. Foster (uncredited)

Norman Papson

as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Wilbur Plaugher

as Clown (uncredited)

Edward G. Robinson Jr.

as Cowboy (uncredited)

William Schub

as Messenger (uncredited)

George Selk

as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Henry Slate

as Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub (uncredited)

Bill Stanberry

as Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited)

Greta Thyssen

as Cover Girl (uncredited)

Casey Tibbs

as Himself (uncredited)

Andy Womack

as Clown (uncredited)