Movie
Picnic
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1955-11-18
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- William Holden as Hal Carter
- Kim Novak as Madge Owens
- Rosalind Russell as Rosemary - The School Teacher
- Betty Field as Flo Owens
- Susan Strasberg as Millie Owens
- Cliff Robertson as Alan Benson
- Arthur O'Connell as Howard Bevans
- Verna Felton as Helen Potts
- Reta Shaw as Irma Henderson
- Nick Adams as 'Bomber'
- Raymond Bailey as Mr. Benson
- Elizabeth Wilson as Christine Schoenwalder
Crew
- Joshua Logan - Director
- Daniel Taradash - Screenplay
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