Bus Stop (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Joshua Logan |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Written by |
George Axelrod William Inge |
| Starring |
Marilyn Monroe Don Murray Arthur O'Connell Betty Field Eileen Heckart |
| Music by |
Ken Darby Cyril J. Mockridge Alfred Newman Lionel Newman |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.2 million |
| Box office | $7.27 million |
Bus Stop is a 1956 American romantic comedy 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.
Unlike most of Monroe's movies, Bus Stop is neither a full-fledged comedy nor a musical, but rather a dramatic piece; it was the first film she appeared in after studying at the Actors Studio in New York. Monroe does however sing one song: "That Old Black Magic" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer.
Bus Stop was based on two plays by William Inge, People in the Wind and Bus Stop. The inspiration for the play Bus Stop came from people Inge met in Tonganoxie, Kansas.
In the 1961–62 season, ABC adapted the play and film into a television series of the same name, Bus Stop starring Marilyn Maxwell as the owner of the bus station and diner. In the segment "Chérie" which most closely follows the film, Tuesday Weld performed the role of Marilyn Monroe, and Gary Lockwood appeared as the Don Murray character.
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