Bus Stop

Year:

1956

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Joshua Logan

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1956-09-20

Filming Locations: Ketchum, Idaho, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Marilyn Monroe

Henry Slate

Don Murray

Beauregard 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 (as Casey Adams)

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)

Jack Martin

Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Helen Mayon

Landlady (uncredited)

David McMahon

Ticket Taker at Bus (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)

Bill Stanberry

Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited)

Greta Thyssen

Cover Girl (uncredited)

Casey Tibbs

Himself (uncredited)

Andy Womack

Clown (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Film debut of Don Murray.

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The role of Bo Decker was intended for Fess Parker, but Parker was under contract to Walt Disney at the time, who wouldn't release him. Parker also didn't get the role eventually played by Jeffrey Hunter in The Searchers (1956) for the same reason and it was many years before he was even aware of it.

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The original Broadway production of "Bus Stop" by William Inge opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 2, 1955, ran for 478 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award for the Best Play.

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Goofs

The snow on the actors' clothes.

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As Bo and Virgil talk in the jeep on the way to catch the bus, their voices clearly echo.

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When Grace receives a call at the diner that the roads are open, she wakes up Carl and helps him put on his shirt. In the next scene Carl is putting on his shirt again.

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Quotes

Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Well, I've been thinkin' about them other fellas, Cherry. And well, what I mean is, I like you the way you are, so what do I care how you got that way?

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Cherie: Bye, everybody! Bye! Bye.

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Cherie: Well I had to do something, he was making a fuss in front of all those people.

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Faq

Q

Does the entire movie take place at a Bus Stop?

A

No. The Bus Stop play is set in a diner about 20 miles west of Kansas City in early March, 1955. A freak snowstorm has forced the bus and its eight characters to come together in the diner from around one o'clock until five o'clock in the morning. The interaction of the characters and the interweaving of their stories is the gist of the play's plot. The Bus Stop movie takes place in several locations such as Montana, Phoenix, AZ, a bus, a hotel, a saloon, a rodeo and Grace's Diner which is the final bus stop.

Q

What is 'Bus Stop' about?

A

Boorish and innocent cowboy Beauregard 'Bo' Decker (Don Murray) falls in love with Phoenix saloon singer Cherie (Marilyn Monroe). Bo has arrived in Phoenix to enter and win several events in a big rodeo there. However, Cherie does not want anything to do with the buffoonish cowboy and has her own plans to become a big movie star as she has traveled from the Ozark Mountains headed for Hollywood. Bo is so headstrong in his quest of marrying Cherie that he lassos and kidnaps her onto a bus headed for Montana. The final scene and denouement takes place at Grace's Diner where the bus is forced to stay due to a snow storm.

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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