Bus Stop( 1956)

TV-MAComedyDramaRomance

61%

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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.

Top Billed Cast

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)

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A review by talisencrw

Written by talisencrw on Thu Mar 17 2016

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 this. 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 imaginat...