Film Forum

U.S., 1956
Directed by Joshua Logan
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O’Connell
Approx. 95 min.

Marilyn Monroe is stuck in a Phoenix dive bar between her small hometown in the Ozarks and her dreams of reaching Hollywood. When cowboys Don Murray and Arthur O’Connell come into town for a rodeo, all personalities and dreams clash as Murray tries to take Monroe back home to Montana, and they get stuck on a bus in the rain...

Presented with support from The Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

Reviews

“...endures as one of Monroe’s most notable films. With a thick Ozark-hillbilly accent, Monroe’s performance as Chérie is transformative.”
– Senses of Cinema