When Taylor dismounted to investigate, he instructed Nova: "If you lose me, try to find Zira," and then he inexplicably disappeared.Like many other musicals of its time, Hollywood again looked to a successful Broadway stage play (first starring Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert) for its source material (e.The massive cast of the film totaled approximately 10,500 individuals.Its taglines were:The finest cast ever assembled re-lives history""s most powerful story of love and rebellion."Plot SynopsisCrude Montana Cowboy Beauregard ""Bo"" Decker On His Way to an Arizona Rodeo:During the opening title credits, the Four Lads sang "The Bus Stop Song" (aka Paper and Pins) written by Ken Darby:I""ll give to you a paper of pins And that""s the way our love beginsIf you will marry me, me, me If you will marry meI""ll give to you a feathery bed With downy pillows for your headIf you will marry me, me, me If you will marry meBut you don""t want my paper of pins And you don""t want my feathery bedYou want my house and money instead That is plain to seeWell here hey are take everything My house, my money, my wedding ringAnd in the bargain I""ll throw in me If you will marry meThe melodramatic hillbilly love story opened on a ranch in Timber Hill, Montana, where naive and unsophisticated 21 year-old callow and rude cowboy Beauregard ""Bo"" Decker (Don Murray in his film debut) and his protective father figure and ranch hand Virgil Blessing (Arthur O""Connell) were introduced.