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One of the biggest box-office attractions of the 1950s, Picnic was adapted by Daniel Taradash from the Pulitzer Prize-winning William Inge play. William Holden plays Hal Carter, a handsome drifter who ambles into a small Kansas town during the Labor Day celebration to look up old college chum Alan (Cliff Robertson, in his film .. Read more
| Starring | William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg |
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| Director | Joshua Logan |
| Genres | Drama |
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Nicely-shot but slow and uneventful
I wasn't really sure of the point of this film, apart from many gratuitous shots of William Holden half-naked, being admired by hordes of small-town wives ... read more »
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Holden to your hats, it's a bumpy night.
Impulsive drifter arrives in small Kansas town in the hope of getting work from an old college friend, whose father is a wealthy local businessman. Various ... read more »
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Beautiful evocation of 50's America
This may look like your typical Hollywood product, with its gorgeous photography and sound track, but it's much more than that.
The William Inge ... read more »
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Watchable, but dated
I can see that this film was more ground-breaking in the 1950s than now, in that it depicts fractured family relationships and is far-removed from the Doris Day... read more »
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Dated
This seemed a very dated film. William Holden seemed totally ill at ease and too old for the role as did Kim Novak who was supposed to be 19 but looked 29.
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Skip it
Passions run ridiculously high when frequently unshirted beefcake Holden strides into a small Kansas town and gets all the local women a little hot under the ... read more »
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2nd Time Around
First saw this film in 1955, I was a teenager then and Kim Novak was my idol I am in my 70's now and still think she is the best thig since sliced bread, ... read more »
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Nicely-shot but slow and uneventful
I wasn't really sure of the point of this film, apart from many gratuitous shots of William Holden half-naked, being admired by hordes of small-town wives ... read more »