Bus Stop

6.071

96 minutes

8/31/1956

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 List

Marilyn Monroe
as Cherie
Don Murray
as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
Arthur O'Connell
as Virgil Blessing
Betty Field
as Grace
Eileen Heckart
as Vera
Robert Bray
as Carl
Hope Lange
as Elma Duckworth
Hans Conried
as Life Magazine Photographer
Max Showalter
as Life Magazine Reporter
Linda Brace
as Evelyn (uncredited)
Mary Carroll
as Cashier (uncredited)
J.M. Dunlap
as Orville (uncredited)
Ed Fury
as Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)
Buddy Heaton
as Clown (uncredited)
Fay L. Ivor
as Rodeo Usher (uncredited)
Richard Culvert Johnson
as Messenger (uncredited)
Terry Kelman
as Gerald (uncredited)
Lucille Knox
as Blonde on Street (uncredited)
Pete Logan
as Announcer (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)
Helen Mayon
as Landlady (uncredited)
David McMahon
as Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited)
Cheerio Meredith
as Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)
Del Moore
as Man at Rodeo (uncredited)
Phil J. Munch
as Preacher (uncredited)
Jim Katugi Noda
as Japanese Cook (uncredited)
James O'Rear
as Mr. Foster (uncredited)
Norman Papson
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Wilbur Plaugher
as Clown (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson Jr.
as Cowboy (uncredited)
William Schub
as Messenger (uncredited)
George Selk
as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)
Henry Slate
as Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub (uncredited)
Bill Stanberry
as Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited)
Greta Thyssen
as Cover Girl (uncredited)
Casey Tibbs
as Himself (uncredited)
Andy Womack
as Clown (uncredited)