Picnic (1955)
11/02/1956 (GB)
Drama, Romance
1h 54m
- 63% (102 votes)
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Unsurpassed! Unforgettable!
Overview
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.
- Joshua LoganDirector
- Daniel TaradashScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$9,000,000
Keywords
- small town
- picnic
- based on play or musical
- kansas, usa
- drifter
- labor day
- sexual repression
- social differences
- college friends
- mother daughter relationship
- sister sister relationship
- social prejudice
Top Billed Cast
William Holden
Hal Carter
Kim Novak
Madge Owens
Rosalind Russell
Rosemary - The School Teacher
Betty Field
Flo Owens
Susan Strasberg
Millie Owens
Cliff Robertson
Alan Benson
Arthur O'Connell
Howard Bevans
Verna Felton
Helen Potts
Reta Shaw
Irma Henderson
Nick Adams
'Bomber'
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