Bus Stop poster
Screenplay George Axelrod
Director Joshua Logan

Bus Stop

Tagline: Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!

Release Date: 1956-08-31

Duration: 96 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Eileen Heckart
    Vera
  • Edward G. Robinson Jr.
    Cowboy (uncredited)
  • Marilyn Monroe
    Cherie
  • Hope Lange
    Elma Duckworth
  • Don Murray
    Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
  • Arthur O'Connell
    Virgil Blessing
  • Greta Thyssen
    Cover Girl (uncredited)
  • Del Moore
    Man at Rodeo (uncredited)
  • Hans Conried
    Life Magazine Photographer
  • Ed Fury
    Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)