Bus Stop (1956)
Directed by Joshua Logan · 95 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
25.8 TOPICAL score · #3,943 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Bus Stop (1956, directed by Joshua Logan) has a TOPICAL score of 25.8 - ranked 3,943 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 80% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.1/10 (257 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 27 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics80% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.1/10 (257 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 27 languages
- Still read7,782 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Marilyn Monroe (actor #506), Don Murray (actor #1,735), Arthur O'Connell (actor #1,065), Betty Field (actor #1,713)