--- title: 'Picnic (1955)' type: 'film' director: 'Joshua Logan' released: '1955-01-01' runtime_minutes: 115 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/picnic-1955' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048491/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Picnic (1955) 1955 · 115 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Picnic is a 1955 American romantic comedy-drama film adapted from William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Joshua Logan, director of the original Broadway stage production, directed the film version, which stars William Holden, Kim Novak, and Rosalind Russell, with Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, and Cliff Robertson in supporting roles. It was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash. Picnic was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor, winning two. ## Credits - **Director:** [Joshua Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-logan) - **Screenplay:** [Daniel Taradash](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-taradash) - **Original Music Composer:** [George Duning](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-duning) - **Producer:** [Fred Kohlmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kohlmar) - **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe) - **Editor:** [Charles Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-nelson) ## Cast - [Cliff Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-robertson) - [William Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holden) - [Kim Novak](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-novak) - [Elizabeth Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-wilson) - [Betty Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-field) - [Raymond Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-bailey) - [Reta Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/reta-shaw) - [Susan Strasberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-strasberg) - [Nick Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-adams) - [Arthur O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-o-connell) - [Verna Felton](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-felton) - [Rosalind Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalind-russell) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/picnic-1955 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1300420); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.