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Bus Stop

Aug 31, 1956
96 min
ComedyDramaRomance
6.1/ 10
228 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
6.1/10
228 votes
IMDB
6.3/10
13,034 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
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Box Office & Budget

Budget$220,000Production cost
Box Office$7,270,000Worldwide gross
Profit$7,050,000Profitable
ROI
+3204.5%Return on investment

Awards & Nominations

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 9 nominations total

Details

Production information

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

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$220,000

Revenue

$7,270,000

Production Companies

Marilyn Monroe Productions20th Century Fox

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