Monday 6 January, 4:25pm - 6:40pmon Film4

Picnic (1955)

Name: Picnic
Rating: 7.0

Drama

This adaptation of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a sweltering tale of deception, betrayal and illicit love in small-town Kansas. Passions soar when a handsome drifter rolls into town only to boil over when he falls for an old friend's fiancée.

IMDb7.0

Rotten Tomatoes57%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Joshua LoganDirector
William HoldenHal Carter
Kim NovakMadge Owens
Rosalind RussellRosemary
Betty FieldFlo Owens
Susan StrasbergMillie Owens
Cliff RobertsonAlan Benson
Arthur O'ConnellHoward Bevans
Verna FeltonHelen Potts
Reta ShawIrma Kronkite
Nick AdamsBomber, Paper Boy
Elizabeth WilsonChristine Schoenwalder
Phyllis NewmanJuanita Badger (uncredited)
Don HarveyPoliceman

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