The Joads step right out of the pages of the novel that has shocked millions!
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Andres Gomezon TMDB · Jan 201310/10
Master piece from John Ford picturing the situation in US during the Great Depression and how an Oklahoma family tries to survive looking for jobs to California. Everything is perfect: director, performances, script, etc. A must to be watched.
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Cast
- Henry FondaTom Joad
- Jane DarwellMa Joad
- John CarradineCasy
- Charley GrapewinGrandpa Joad
- Dorris BowdonRosasharn
- Russell SimpsonPa Joad
- O.Z. WhiteheadAl Joad
- John QualenMuley Graves
- Eddie QuillanConnie Rivers
- Zeffie TilburyGrandma Joad
Crew
- John FordDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- John SteinbeckNovel
- Gregg TolandDirector of Photography
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Robert L. SimpsonEditor
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
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