Directed by Joshua Logan   Written by George Axelrod   William Inge   Cast Marilyn Monroe ... Chérie Don Murray ... Beauregard 'Bo' Decker Arthur O'Connell ... Virgil Blessing Betty Field ... Grace Eileen Heckart ... Vera Robert Bray ... Carl Hope Lange ... Elma Duckworth Hans Conried ... Life Magazine Photographer Max Showalter ... Life Magazine Reporter (as Casey Adams) Arizona State University Sun Devil... ... Themselves Uncredited Cast Linda Brace ... Evelyn Mary Carroll ... Cashier J.M. Dunlap ... Orville Ed Fury ... Cowboy in Saloon Buddy Heaton ... Clown Fay L. Ivor ... Rodeo Usher Richard Culvert Johnson ... Messenger Terry Kelman ... Gerald Lucille Knox ... Blonde on Street Pete Logan ... Announcer Kate MacKenna ... Elderly Passenger Jack Martin ... Rodeo Cowboy Helen Mayon ... Landlady David McMahon ... Ticket Taker at Bus Del Moore ... Man at Rodeo Phil J. Munch ... Preacher Jim Katugi Noda ... Japanese Cook James O'Rear ... Mr. Foster Norman Papson ... Bar Patron Wilbur Plaugher ... Clown Edward G. Robinson Jr. ... Cowboy William Schub ... Messenger George Selk ... Elderly Passenger Henry Slate ... Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub Bill Stanberry ... Skinny Bull Rider Greta Thyssen ... Cover Girl Casey Tibbs ... Himself Andy Womack ... Clown Produced by Buddy Adler   Original Music by Cyril J. Mockridge   Alfred Newman

Additional Info Premiere: August 31, 1956 DVD Release: May 29, 2001 Blu-ray Release: July 30, 2013 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Alternate Titles The Wrong Kind Of Girl Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox) Marilyn Monroe Productions (uncredited) Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (20th Century Fox) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2013) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.3 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,285 / 21,373 Site Ranking #4,281 Beyond Re-Animator (2003) #4,282 Blood Creek (2008) #4,283 The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971) #4,284 Bel-Air: Season 1 (2022) #4,285 Bus Stop (1956) #4,286 The Black Cat (1934) #4,287 Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) #4,288 The Thaw (2009) #4,289 A Bay Of Blood (1971)