Bus Stop
Bus Stop is a 1956 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Joshua Logan for 20th Century Fox, starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray, and Hope Lange.
Plot
A naive, unintelligent, socially inept, loud-mouth cowboy, Beauregard "Bo" Decker, and his friend and father-figure Virgil Blessing take the bus from Timber Hill, Montana, to Phoenix, Arizona, to participate in a rodeo. Virgil has encouraged the 21-year-old virgin Bo to take an interest in women. Initially reluctant and frightened of the idea, Beau declares that he hopes to find an "angel" and will know her when he sees her. Making trouble everywhere they go, he continues his unsophisticated behavior in Grace's Diner. In Phoenix, at the Blue Dragon Café, he imagines himself in love with the café's chanteuse, Chérie, an ambitious performer from the Ozarks with aspirations of becoming a Hollywood star. Her rendition of "That Old Black Magic" entrances him and he forces her outside, despite the establishment's rules against it, kisses her and thinks that means they are engaged. Chérie is physically attracted to him but resists his plans to take her back to Montana. She has no intention of marrying him and tells him so, but he is too stubborn to listen.
Awards
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author | George Axelrod William Inge |
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award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
contentLocation | Arizona |
director | Joshua Logan |
editor | William Reynolds |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | black magic bully bus driver bus stop chanteuse drive-in drive-in theater engage hollywood star id kidnap montana morning ozarks phoenix arizona rodeo strand want |
musicBy | Ken Darby |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
producer | Buddy Adler |
productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | Arizona |
theme | romantic comedy romantic drama |