
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.


“The Gypsy Moths fall fast. They can't stop risking their lives - not even for their down-to-earth women.”
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.

Burt Lancaster
Mike Rettig

Deborah Kerr
Elizabeth Brandon

Gene Hackman
Joe Browdy

Scott Wilson
Malcolm Webson

Sheree North
Waitress

Bonnie Bedelia
Annie Burke

William Windom
John Brandon

Carl Reindel
Pilot

Ford Rainey
Stand Owner
John Napier
Dick Donford
The Gypsy Moths is a romance, drama, action film released in 1969 exploring themes of small town, parachute, kansas, usa, skydiving, fourth of july. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it stars Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman. Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
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