The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
112 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniel TaradashScreenplay
- Joshua LoganDirector
- George DuningOriginal Music Composer
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'
- Raymond BaileyMr. Benson
- Elizabeth WilsonChristine Schoenwalder
Stills
Themes
small townpicnicbased on play or musicalkansas, usadrifterlabor daysexual repressionsocial differencescollege friendsmother daughter relationshipsister sister relationshipsocial prejudice