Bus Stop (film)

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Bus Stop
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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
Music by	Ken Darby Cyril J. Mockridge Alfred Newman Lionel Newman
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Editing by	William Reynolds
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	August 31, 1956
Running time	96 min.
Language	English
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Bus Stop, also known as The Wrong Kind of Girl, is a 1956 motion picture 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. The film was released on the 31th August 1956.

Unlike most of Marilyn Monroe's movies, Bus Stop is neither a full-fledged comedy nor a musical, but rather a dramatic piece. 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 Motter Inge, People in the Wind and Bus Stop.

[edit] Award nominations

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Don Murray
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Comedy or Musical - Marilyn Monroe
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer - Don Murray
DGA for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Motion Picture - Joshua Logan