Bus Stop poster

Bus Stop

Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!

6.1(257)19561h 35m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
$220K
Box office
$7.3M
Language
English
  • rodeo
  • montana
  • bus
  • bus ride
  • diner
  • based on play or musical
  • cowboy
  • lasso
  • rodeo cowboy
  • phoenix, arizona
  • naive young man

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Joshua Logan

Produced in

United States of America

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical31 Aug 1956
  • United KingdomGB

    • PhysicalU5 Aug 2002
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 121 Jan 1957
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical3 Feb 1958
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU24 Oct 1956
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG1 Mar 1957
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1431 Aug 1956
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 1212 Jan 1957
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1219 Nov 1960
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical151 Oct 1956

Frequently asked questions

Bus Stop was released on 31 August 1956.

Audience reviews

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  • T

    talisencrw

    3/17/2016

    8/10

    In her prime, which because of her death at any early age was all of her cinematic life, Monroe was a gorgeous force of nature very much underappreciated in her thespianism. Once I adjusted to Logan's directional style and to the rodeo and fish-out-of-water concepts, I really laid back and enjoyed this. Though it doesn't feature Marilyn's best singing--she portrays a bad singer, at least at the start--it does have so…

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