Bus Stop
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1957)
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Box office
Grossed $7.27M worldwide, about 33.0 times its $220K budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Arizona
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Setting
Set in Arizona
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Music
Music by Ken Darby
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Milton Krasner
Details
- Director
- Writer
- George AxelrodScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 31, 1956
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $220K
- Revenue
- $7.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Marilyn MonroeCherie
Don MurrayBeauregard 'Bo' Decker
Arthur O'ConnellVirgil Blessing
Betty FieldGrace
Eileen HeckartVera
Robert BrayCarl
Hope LangeElma Duckworth
Hans ConriedLife Magazine Photographer
Max ShowalterLife Magazine Reporter- Linda BraceEvelyn (uncredited)
Mary CarrollCashier (uncredited)- J.M. DunlapOrville (uncredited)
Ed FuryCowboy in Saloon (uncredited)- Buddy HeatonClown (uncredited)
- Fay L. IvorRodeo Usher (uncredited)
- Richard Culvert JohnsonMessenger (uncredited)
- Terry KelmanGerald (uncredited)
- Lucille KnoxBlonde on Street (uncredited)
- Pete LoganAnnouncer (uncredited)
- Kate MacKennaElderly Passenger (uncredited)
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