Director: Joshua Logan

Writer: Daniel Taradash

From a play: Picnic by William Inge

Music Composed by: George Duning

Producer: Fred Kohlmar

Keywords: Romantic Drama

Hal Carter, played by William Holden, arrives in a small Kansas town on Labor Day to reconnect with a former schoolmate, Alan; he seems to attract the sexual imagination of all women he meets, including Madge, Alan's fiancée. Holden is 37 and too old for the part, which should have gone to someone in his 20s. Won two Oscars and nominated for three others, including Best Director and Best Picture.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nick Adams	Actor	10-Jul-1931	7-Feb-1968	Johnny Yuma on The Rebel
Raymond Bailey	Actor	6-May-1904	15-Apr-1980	Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies
Verna Felton	Actor	20-Jul-1890	14-Dec-1966	Hilda Crocker on December Bride
Betty Field	Actor	8-Feb-1913	13-Sep-1973	Picnic
William Holden	Actor	17-Apr-1918	16-Nov-1981	Stalag 17
Kim Novak	Actor	13-Feb-1933		Vertigo doppelganger
Arthur O'Connell	Actor	29-Mar-1908	18-May-1981	Anatomy of a Murder
Cliff Robertson	Actor	9-Sep-1923	10-Sep-2011	Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
Rosalind Russell	Actor	4-Jun-1907	28-Nov-1976	Auntie Mame
Reta Shaw	Actor	13-Sep-1912	8-Jan-1982	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Susan Strasberg	Actor	22-May-1938	21-Jan-1999	Picnic
Elizabeth Wilson	Actor	4-Apr-1921	9-May-2015	The Graduate

CAST

William Holden	...   Hal Carter
with
Kim Novak	...   Madge Owens
Betty Field	...   Flo Owens
Susan Strasberg	...   Millie Owens
Cliff Robertson	...   Alan Benson
Arthur O'Connell	...   Howard Bevans
Verna Felton	...   Helen Potts
Reta Shaw	...   Irma Kronkite
Nick Adams	...   Bomber
Raymond Bailey	...   Mr. Benson
Elizabeth Wilson	...   Christine Schoenwalder
Co-Starring
Rosalind Russell	...   Rosemary the School Teacher

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