Bus Stop
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
1956 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Joshua Logan |
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| Writer: | George Axelrod |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 31, 1956 |
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| Director: | Joshua Logan |
| Writer: | George Axelrod |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | rodeo, bus ride, cowboy, montana, diner, lasso, naive young man, bus, based on play or musical, rodeo cowboy, phoenix, arizona |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Marilyn Monroe Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $7,270,000
Budget: $220,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Marilyn Monroe | Cherie |
| 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 |
| Max Showalter | Life Magazine Reporter |
| Linda Brace | Evelyn (uncredited) |
| Mary Carroll | Cashier (uncredited) |
| J.M. Dunlap | Orville (uncredited) |
| Ed Fury | Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited) |
| Buddy Heaton | Clown (uncredited) |
| Fay L. Ivor | Rodeo Usher (uncredited) |
| Richard Culvert Johnson | Messenger (uncredited) |
| Terry Kelman | Gerald (uncredited) |
| Lucille Knox | Blonde on Street (uncredited) |
| Pete Logan | Announcer (uncredited) |
| Kate MacKenna | Elderly Passenger (uncredited) |
| Helen Mayon | Landlady (uncredited) |
| David McMahon | Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited) |
| Cheerio Meredith | Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited) |
| Del Moore | Man at Rodeo (uncredited) |
| Phil J. Munch | Preacher (uncredited) |
| Jim Katugi Noda | Japanese Cook (uncredited) |
| James O'Rear | Mr. Foster (uncredited) |
| Norman Papson | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| Wilbur Plaugher | Clown (uncredited) |
| Edward G. Robinson Jr. | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| William Schub | Messenger (uncredited) |
| George Selk | Elderly Passenger (uncredited) |
| Henry Slate | Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Bill Stanberry | Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited) |
| Greta Thyssen | Cover Girl (uncredited) |
| Casey Tibbs | Himself (uncredited) |
| Andy Womack | Clown (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ben Kadish | Assistant Director |
| Alfred Bruzlin | Sound |
| Ray Kellogg | Visual Effects, Special Effects |
| Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| William Reynolds | Editor |
| Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Cyril J. Mockridge | Original Music Composer |
| Mark-Lee Kirk | Art Direction |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Leonard Doss | Other |
| Joshua Logan | Director |
| George Axelrod | Screenplay |
| Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Ken Darby | Songs, Vocal Coach |
| Alfred Newman | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Travilla | Costume Design |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| William Inge | Theatre Play |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy Adler | Producer |
| Marilyn Monroe | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Hope Lange | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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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 t ... his. 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 imagination a great film. Yet neither is it the mediocrity other people tend to say it is.