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Bus Stop

Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
Aug 31, 1956 · 1h 35m
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Romance

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Joshua Logan

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$220,000
Revenue
$7,270,000
Production
Marilyn Monroe Productions, 20th Century Fox
Country
US

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