Picnic (1955)
Unsurpassed! Unforgettable!
1955 · PG · 1h 54m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
Director: Joshua Logan
Writers: Daniel Taradash
Music by: George Duning
Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Editor: William A. Lyon, Charles Nelson
Box office: $9M · Budget: $3M · Rated 6.4/10 by 112 viewers
Cast
William Holden as Hal CarterKim Novak as Madge OwensRosalind Russell as Rosemary - The School TeacherBetty Field as Flo OwensSusan Strasberg as Millie OwensCliff Robertson as Alan BensonArthur O'Connell as Howard BevansVerna Felton as Helen PottsReta Shaw as Irma HendersonNick Adams as 'Bomber'Raymond Bailey as Mr. BensonElizabeth Wilson as Christine SchoenwalderMore like this
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