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.
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
26 episodes · 1961
Episode 1. Afternoon of a Cowboy
1961-10-01 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Success Story
1961-10-08 · 60 min
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Episode 3. The Resurrection of Annie Ahearn
1961-10-15 · 60 min
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Episode 4. The Covering Darkness
1961-10-22 · 60 min
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Episode 5. Portrait of a Hero
1961-10-29 · 60 min
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Episode 6. The Glass Jungle
1961-11-05 · 60 min
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Episode 7. Cherie
1961-11-12 · 60 min
A naive and over-confident cowboy determines to woo a somewhat blowzy showgirl.
Episode 8. Accessory by Consent
1961-11-19 · 60 min
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Episode 9. The Man from Bootstrap
1961-11-26 · 60 min
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Episode 10. A Lion Walks Among Us
1961-12-03 · 60 min
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Episode 11. Call Back Yesterday
1961-12-10 · 60 min
Former resident Katherine Barnes returns to Sunrise following two marriages and seven years in New York. She finds herself headed for matrimony a third time, but cannot choose between two admirers: college professor Max Hendrick or…
Episode 12. ...And the Pursuit of Evil
1961-12-17 · 60 min
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Episode 13. The Runaways
1961-12-24 · 60 min
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Episode 14. Jaws of Darkness
1961-12-31 · 60 min
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Episode 15. Summer Lightning
1962-01-07 · 60 min
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Episode 16. Cry to Heaven
1962-01-14 · 60 min
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Episode 17. The Stubborn Stumbos
1962-01-21 · 60 min
With their logging business threatened by a busy local highway, the Stumbo brothers of Sunrise discover they own a small section of land on which the highway passes. They challenge the state government by blocking access to the land,…
Episode 18. Turn Home Again
1962-01-28 · 60 min
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Episode 19. How Does Charlie Feel?
1962-02-04 · 60 min
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Episode 20. Put Your Dreams Away
1962-02-11 · 60 min
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Episode 21. The Opposite Virtues
1962-02-18 · 60 min
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Episode 22. The Ordeal of Kevin Brooke
1962-02-25 · 60 min
When the impecunious Kevin Brooke finds a suitcase full of money, his problems seem to be over - but they're just beginning.
