
Picnic(1955)
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.


“Everyone knew Dave was back in town... and woman-trouble must be close behind!”
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.

Frank Sinatra
Dave Hirsh

Dean Martin
Bama Dillert

Shirley MacLaine
Ginnie Moorehead

Martha Hyer
Gwen French

Arthur Kennedy
Frank Hirsh

Nancy Gates
Edith Barclay

Leora Dana
Agnes Hirsh

Betty Lou Keim
Dawn Hirsh

Larry Gates
Professor Robert Haven French
Steve Peck
Raymond Lanchak
Some Came Running is a drama, romance film released in 1958 exploring themes of small town, indiana, usa, carnival, teacher, writer, veteran. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, it stars Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine. A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
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