Don Murray plays the part of a young and innocent cowboy who discovers the girl of his dreams and kidnaps her, hoping to make her his wife. Read more
| Starring | Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field |
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| Director | Joshua Logan |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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This was the film that proved Marilyn Monroe was a considerable screen actress, and capable of much, much more than her sexpot image indicated. Whether Monroe's performance is a result of director Joshua Logan's patience or Lee and Paula Strasberg's legendary coaching is irrelevant: she is simply superb as the down-at-heel saloon chanteuse whom young cowboy Don Murray (impressive in his film debut) decides to marry. Based on William Inge's stage play, this is a movie that rewards — especially memorable is Monroe's delivery of an off-kilter That Old Black Magic in an outfit that leaves little to the imagination. If you've ever wondered, this movie certainly shows what Monroe was all about.
Although it's not explicitly a musical, Bus Stop is certainly a product of that imagination which says the best things... read more on Time Out
Marilyn is 100% delightful as always, and it's true that this role does show off her acting talents very well... but my opinion is that if you subtract her from the movie, Bus Stop is up there in the top 100 missables of all time.The production values are poor, the stageplay to movie transition is unsuccessful, and Marilyn's cowpoke suitor is so laboriously ghastly that I wanted the rodeo sequence to turn out quite differently!
Marilyn is 100% delightful as always, and it's true that this role does show off her acting talents very well... but my opinion is that if you subtract her from the movie, Bus Stop is up there in the top 100 missables of all time.The production values are poor, the stageplay to movie transition is unsuccessful, and Marilyn's cowpoke suitor is so laboriously ghastly that I wanted the rodeo sequence to turn out quite differently!