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  1. Picnic is a 1955 American Technicolor romantic comedy-drama film filmed in CinemaScope. [3][4] It was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash from William Inge 's 1953 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name. [5] .

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0048491Picnic (1955) - IMDb

    Picnic: Directed by Joshua Logan. With William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg. Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.

    • (10K)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Joshua Logan
    • 1955-12
  3. On the morning of a small-town Labor Day picnic, drifter Hal Carter (William Holden) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town.

  4. Picnic (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  5. Early on a September morning, drifter Hal Carter rides a freight train into a small Kansas town seeking his old college friend, wealthy Alan Benson. Wandering toward town, Hal stops in front of elderly Helen Potts' house and asks if he might do any odd jobs for her, but Helen declines, explaining that it is Labor Day and everyone is preparing ...

    • Joshua Logan, Carter Dehaven Jr.
    • William Holden
  6. Picnic. Charming Hal Carter (William Holden) turned to wandering after a failed acting career left him loose in the wind. Interested in reuniting with an old college friend, Alan Benson (Cliff ...

    • (12)
    • Drama
    • PG
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  8. Details. Picnic is a 1956 film directed by Joshua Logan, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge. Starring William Holden and Kim Novak, the story unfolds over a Labor Day weekend in a small Kansas town, where a charming drifter disrupts the lives of several residents. The film examines themes of desire, societal expectations ...

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