Title | Picnic |
Year | 1955 |
Time | 113 mins |
Genre | Drama; Romance |
Director | Joshua Logan |
Edition | Columbia Classics |
Format | DVD |
Actor | William Holden as Hal Carter; Kim Novak as Madge Owens; 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 Kronkite; Nick Adams as Bomber; Raymond Bailey as Mr. Benson; Elizabeth Wilson as Christine Schoenwalder; Rosalind Russell as Miss Rosemary Sydney; Warren Frederick Adams as Stranger; Carle E. Baker as Grain Elevator Worker; George E. Bemis as Neighbor |
Rating | PG (Parental Guidance) |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Language | English |
Plot | The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson. |
Producer | Fred Kohlmar |
Writer | Daniel Taradash; William Inge |
Subtitles | English; Spanish; Portuguese; Korean; Thai; Mandarin |