Bus Stop

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Bus Stop

1956,

1h 36m,

Comedy/

Drama

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73%

15 Reviews

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62%

5,000+ Ratings

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62%

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Cowboys Beauregard Decker (Don Murray) and Virgil Blessing (Arthur O'Connell) attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful café singer Cherie (Marilyn Monroe). 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.

Sumner Rand

Orlando Sentinel

Oct 8, 2021

A hilarious farce.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Aug 23, 2025

2/10

As with many of the era’s cartoonish romantic comedies – including ones starring Monroe – the formula is entirely predictable.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Jul 13, 2014

5/10

Boorish comedy mingling incompetently with underfed character drama.

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Jul 25, 2013

6/10

I suspect that some viewers will either like the film because of Monroe's performance, or hate it because of Murray's.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Aug 6, 2012

B-

The Broadway based movie reduces romance to a physical attraction and of never saying I'm sorry for being a male predator.

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Jan 27, 2019

The best comedy romance movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung (?): That Old Black Magic!

Leia S

Jun 19, 2018

I'm surprised that this film still holds such affection for some. I've been interested in seeing it for awhile so I finally sat down and watched it. What a disappointment. The entire premise is shockingly contrived. The only reason that this couple should be together is because the screenplay says so. Are we really expected to believe that true love found them given the manipulation and bullying and even criminality that went into it? As the film goes on it does improve a bit. The downright annoying performances from Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray do mellow a bit and the tone gets less frantic...but, sorry, not enough to save this from the damage that has already been done.

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Theodore S

Mar 18, 2018

best acting perfomance by legend marilyn monroe

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Joshua Logan

Director

Marilyn Monroe

Cherie

Don Murray

Beauregard "Bo" Decker

Arthur O'Connell

Virgil Blessing

Betty Field

Grace

Eileen Heckart

Vera

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Synopsis

Cowboys Beauregard Decker (Don Murray) and Virgil Blessing (Arthur O'Connell) attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful café singer Cherie (Marilyn Monroe). 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.

Director: Joshua Logan
Producer: Buddy Adler
Screenwriter: George Axelrod
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 31, 1956, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2013
Runtime: 1h 36m

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