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Unsurpassed! Unforgettable! - Picnic
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Title: Picnic

Release Date: 18 Nov 1955

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (100 votes)

Cast

  • Hal Carter: William Holden
  • Madge Owens: Kim Novak
  • Rosemary - The School Teacher: Rosalind Russell
  • Flo Owens: Betty Field
  • Millie Owens: Susan Strasberg
  • Alan Benson: Cliff Robertson
  • Howard Bevans: Arthur O'Connell
  • Helen Potts: Verna Felton
  • Irma Henderson: Reta Shaw
  • 'Bomber': Nick Adams
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