Picnic (1955)
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.
Top billed cast
William HoldenHal Carter
Kim NovakMadge Owens
Rosalind RussellRosemary - The School Teacher
Betty FieldFlo Owens
Susan StrasbergMillie Owens
Cliff RobertsonAlan Benson
Arthur O'ConnellHoward Bevans
Verna FeltonHelen Potts
Reta ShawIrma Henderson
Nick Adams'Bomber'
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