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Overview

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6.8/10   3,388 votes
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Director:
Joshua Logan
Writers:
George Axelrod (screenplay)
William Inge (play)
Contact:
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Release Date:
31 August 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
The coming of age of Bo Decker...and the girl who made him a man! more
Plot:
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
William Inge Rolls Into Brooklyn W/ Bus Stop 3/14-3/29
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 19 February 2009, 9:24 AM, PST)

Hope Lange: 1931-2003
 (From WENN. 22 December 2003)

User Comments:
Dumb Story & Murray's Stupid Role Overshadows Marilyn more

Cast

  (Complete credited 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 (as Casey Adams)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Wrong Kind of Girl
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:14A (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #18041) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:U | West Germany:12 | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
Don Murray suffered painful facial cuts when Marilyn Monroe overdid a scene in which she had to slap him with the sequined tail of her costume. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Virgil has his guitar with him in the jeep on the way to catch the bus but boards without it and later on he plays it on the bus. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Are you ready, Virge?
Virgil Blessing: Anytime.
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Turn him out!
[calf is released from chute]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) more
Soundtrack:
The Bus Stop Song more

FAQ

Does the entire movie take place at a Bus Stop?
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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
Dumb Story & Murray's Stupid Role Overshadows Marilyn, 19 March 2008
2/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I recently saw a tribute to Marilyn Monroe and it was mentioned that Marilyn called "Bus Stop" her favorite film in which she acted. She thought she did her best work in that film and it legitimized her as a serious actress. This was one of the few films of hers I had never seen so I was very anxious now to see this, especially on widescreen. Well, it was disappointing: not because of Marilyn - she was fine - but the story was incredibly stupid.

Part of the problem might be the way our society has changed, although I doubt even 50 years ago - when this film came out - a guy could do what "Bo Decker" (Don Murray) did in here and get away with it. Nonetheless, to watch this brainless idiot - in a crowded nightclub - chase a woman down, rip off half of her dress, break into her dressing room, follow her out the window to a bus station, lasso her and kidnap her by dragging her onto the bus.....and have NOBODY even attempt to stop him during all of this (and more) is a real insult to any viewer's intelligence. No police? No security? No harassment, et al?

The story, like Murray's character who has fewer brains than the rodeo animals he's battling, is just plain dumb. Monroe ("Cheri") and friend Eileen Heckart ("Vera") are fine, as is the other main character, "Virgil" (Arthur O'Connell) but Murray is so loud, abrasive and stupid that he ruins the movie. He - not Monroe - dominates the film, unfortunately.

Thankfully, Monroe is.....well, Monroe, so all is not lost watching this movie but this screenplay is so dated and so moronic you'll cringe watching the film.

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