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.
Picnic is of 1 hour(s) and 54 minute(s). It is Produced By: Columbia Pictures. It was released on 1955-11-18. It has the tagline: Unsurpassed! Unforgettable! It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
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