It's Labour Day weekend and fresh off a freight train is Hal Carter (William Holden) a happy-go-lucky drifter who's looking for a brand new start in life. A robust handsome show-off Hal has come to Kansasito seek gainful employment in his old fraternity brother Alan's family granary. But despite his high hopes and expectations Hal's ambitious plans soon go away when his sexual magnetism attracts every woman in town including 19-year-old Madge Owens (Kim Novak) - the alluring you
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Emotions are ignited amongst the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labour Day picnic
William Holden stars in this adaption of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize winning play. Restless drifter Hal Carter (Holden) arrives in a small town in Kansas, hoping to find employment with his old college friend Alan's (Cliff Robertson) father. He is welcomed with open arms, but trouble arises when he meets Alan's girlfriend Madge (Kim Novak) and the couple fall in love. Soon, the whole of the town is being affected by Hal's anarchic influence, as violence and jealousy threaten to erupt. Kim Novak made her screen debut with this film, which was nominated for numerous Oscars.
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