Picnic (1955)

11/18/1955 (US) • 1h 54m

Drama, Romance

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.

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,000,000.00

Revenue

$9,000,000.00

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

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