A nightclub chanteuse can discover domesticity and a drunken lecher can mend his ways. A young girl can learn of romance from an unexpected source. At least, that is what William Inge is able to convince us of in his three-act romance Bus Stop.Ī cowboy can lose his belligerence. At least, all these things can A lot can happen in a single night.
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Even the owner of a roadside diner and a bus driver can find a touch of romance in lives spent mostly in getting left behind or in leaving others behind. At least, that is what William Inge is able to convince us of in his three-act romance Bus Stop. Even as she's ducking out from under his clumsy but confident embraces, and screeching at him fiercely to shut him up, she pauses to furrow her forehead and muse, "Somehow deep inside of me I got a funny feeling I'm gonna end up in Montana " As a counterpoint to the main romance, the proprietor of the cafe and the bus driver at last find time to develop a friendship of their own a middle-age scholar comes to terms with himself and a young girl who works in the cafe also gets her first taste of romance.moreĪ lot can happen in a single night. The belligerent cowhand is right behind her, ready to sling her over his shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana.
She's been pursued, made love to and finally kidnapped by a twenty-one-year-old cowboy with a ranch of his own and the romantic methods of an unusually headstrong bull. Cherie, a nightclub chanteuse in a sparkling gown and a seedy fur-trimmed jacket, is the passenger with most to worry about. All roads are blocked, and four or five weary travelers are going to have to hole up until morning. She's been pursued, made love to and finally kid In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside diner.
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside diner.