Picnic

Picnic

1955 | 1h 56m | Drama, Romance | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Handsome drifter Hal Carter hops off a freight train on a hot summer day... and wreaks havoc among the women of a small Kansas town.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Joshua Logan

CAST

William Holden

Kim Novak

Rosalind Russell

Susan Strasberg

Betty Field

PRODUCERS

Fred Kohlmar

WRITERS

Daniel Taradash

Host Intros

02:03
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Picnic (1956)
Intro Aired: Feb 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Picnic, 1956.
01:29
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Picnic (1956)
Intro Aired: Mar 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Picnic, 1956.

Related Videos

Picnic (1955) -- (Movie Ciip) Women Are Getting Desperate
Clip
Vagabond Hal Carter (William Holden) has just presented himself to well-to-do college buddy Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson), who introduces his father (Raymond Bailey), early in Picnic, 1955, from the William Inge play.
Picnic (1955) -- (Movie Ciip) Goon-Face
Clip
Drifter Hal Carter (William Holden) observed by Rosemary (Rosalind Russell) then observing Bomber (Nick Adams), Millie (Susan Strasberg), sister Madge (Kim Novak) and mother Flo (Betty Field), in Joshua Logan's Picnic, 1955.
Picnic (1955) -- (Movie Ciip) When I Was Your Age
Clip
In Technicolor and Cinemascope, William Holden at the peak of his stardom, the neatly worked opening to Picnic, 1955, from the famous William Inge play, Abraham Weinlood as the railroad man.
Picnic - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A drifter interrupts peaceful small-town life during the Labor Day weekend in Picnic (1955), starring William Holden & Kim Novak.

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