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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.
Language
Budget$220,000
Revenue $7,270,000
English
Budget$220,000
Revenue $7,270,000
Keywords
rodeo
montana
bus
bus ride
diner
based on play or musical
cowboy
lasso
rodeo cowboy
phoenix, arizona
naive young man
Casts

Marilyn Monroe
Cherie

Don Murray
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker

Arthur O'Connell
Virgil Blessing

Betty Field
Grace

Eileen Heckart
Vera

Robert Bray
Carl

Hope Lange
Elma Duckworth

Hans Conried
Life Magazine Photographer

Max Showalter
Life Magazine Reporter
Linda Brace
Evelyn (uncredited)
Mary Carroll
Cashier (uncredited)
J.M. Dunlap
Orville (uncredited)

Ed Fury
Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)
Buddy Heaton
Clown (uncredited)
Fay L. Ivor
Rodeo Usher (uncredited)
Richard Culvert Johnson
Messenger (uncredited)
Terry Kelman
Gerald (uncredited)
Lucille Knox
Blonde on Street (uncredited)
Pete Logan
Announcer (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
Elderly Passenger (uncredited)
Helen Mayon
Landlady (uncredited)

David McMahon
Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited)

Cheerio Meredith
Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)

Del Moore
Man at Rodeo (uncredited)
Phil J. Munch
Preacher (uncredited)
Jim Katugi Noda
Japanese Cook (uncredited)

James O'Rear
Mr. Foster (uncredited)
Norman Papson
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Wilbur Plaugher
Clown (uncredited)

Edward G. Robinson Jr.
Cowboy (uncredited)
William Schub
Messenger (uncredited)
George Selk
Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Henry Slate
Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub (uncredited)
Bill Stanberry
Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited)

Greta Thyssen
Cover Girl (uncredited)

Casey Tibbs
Himself (uncredited)
Andy Womack
Clown (uncredited)
Crews

Joshua Logan
Director

George Axelrod
Screenplay

Milton Krasner
Director of Photography

Marilyn Monroe
Producer

Ray Kellogg
Visual Effects

Ken Darby
Songs

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer

Alfred Newman
Conductor
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration

Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
William Reynolds
Editor
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor

Travilla
Costume Design

Ken Darby
Vocal Coach
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Ben Kadish
Assistant Director
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Leonard Doss
Other

Buddy Adler
Producer

William Inge
Theatre Play
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