Bus Stop (1956)

6.1/10 • 95 min • Comedy Drama Romance

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.

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

Mary Carroll

Cashier (uncredited)

Ed Fury

Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)

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