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Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe! - Bus Stop
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Title: Bus Stop

Release Date: 31 Aug 1956

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Marilyn Monroe Productions, 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: Marilyn Monroe Productions, 20th Century Fox

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.1 (224 votes)

Cast

  • Cherie: Marilyn Monroe
  • Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Don Murray
  • Virgil Blessing: Arthur O'Connell
  • Grace: Betty Field
  • Vera: Eileen Heckart
  • Carl: Robert Bray
  • Elma Duckworth: Hope Lange
  • Life Magazine Photographer: Hans Conried
  • Life Magazine Reporter: Max Showalter
  • Evelyn (uncredited): Linda Brace
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