TV series
Bus Stop
1961–1962 · 1 season
A gentle, talky slice of small-town life where travelers drift through and the regulars trade stories over coffee.
- Created by
- Roy Huggins
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Anderson, Rhodes Reason
- Overview
- Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies. The program was adapted from William Inge's play, Bus Stop, and Inge was a script consultant for the series, which followed the lives of travelers passing through the bus station and the diner. Maxwell's co-stars were Richard Anderson as District Attorney Glenn Wagner, Rhodes Reason as Sheriff Will Mayberry, Joan Freeman as waitress Elma Gahrigner, Bernard Kates as Ralph the coroner, and Buddy Ebsen as Virge Blessing.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest, melancholic and romantic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Isolation, found family, love, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Roy Huggins
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Anderson, Rhodes Reason
