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.
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Title: Bus Stop (1956)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Chérie | |
| 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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Innocent rodeo cowboy Bo falls in love with cafe singer Cherie in Phoenix. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he finds her and forces her to board the bus to his home in Montana. When the bus stops at Grace's Diner the passengers learn that the road ahead is blocked. By now everyone knows of the kidnapping, but Bo is determined to have Cherie. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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The coming of age of Bo Decker...and the girl who made him a man! See more »Parents Guide:
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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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The role of Bo Decker was intended for Fess Parker, but Parker was under contract to Walt Disney at the time, who wouldn't release him. Parker also didn't get the role eventually played by Jeffrey Hunter in The Searchers (1956) for the same reason and it was many years before he was even aware of it. See more »Goofs
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. See 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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EnglishRelease Date:
20 September 1956 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,200,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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The movie is based on a play that I haven't read so maybe I'm missing some of the subtext but as pure entertainment I wouldn't recommend this movie. The characters aren't well-defined and are little more than stereotypes, e.g. Grace, the sassy diner waitress, Cherie, the showgirl with a heart of gold. Marilyn Monroe plays the same type of character that she more or less played for her entire career, but she does it very well; she and Hope Lange provide the only good performances. Don Murray's unsophisticated cowboy was so obnoxious he practically ruined any enjoyment to be had from the movie. The supporting players are decent but that's all. It's a shame, this movie could have been pretty good if they had made one or two different casting decisions.