| Bus Stop | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bus_Stop_Film_Poster.jpg) Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell | |
| Directed by | Joshua Logan |
| Screenplay by | George Axelrod |
| Based on | Bus Stop by William Inge |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Milton Krasner |
| Edited by | William Reynolds |
| Music by | |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.2 million[1] |
| Box office | $7.27 million[2] |
Bus Stop is a 1956 American romantic comedy-drama 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 films, 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 is based on the 1955 play of the same name (which in turn was expanded from an earlier, one-act play titled People in the Wind) by William Inge.[3] The inspiration for the play came from people Inge met in Tonganoxie, Kansas.[4]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956". Variety Weekly. January 2, 1957.
- ^ "William Inge Collection". William Inge Center for the Arts.
- ^ Moore, Christopher. "William Inge's Broadway Demons". Broadway.tv. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011.