Movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

“Oklahoma in the Thirties is a dustbowl and dispossessed farmers migrate westward to California. After terrible trials en route they become little more than slave labor. Among the throng are the Joads who refuse to knuckle under. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}”

  • Director: John Ford
  • Release Date: 15 March 1940 (USA)
  • Run Time: 128 min | West Germany:108 min (cut version)
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Drama

Tagline: The thousands who have read the book will know why WE WILL NOT SELL ANY CHILDREN TICKETS to see this picture!

Trivia: Prior to filming, producer Darryl F. Zanuck sent undercover investigators out to the migrant camps to see if John Steinbeck had been exaggerating about the squalor and unfair treatment meted out there. He was horrified to discover that, if anything, Steinbeck had actually downplayed what went on in the camps.

Goofs: Continuity: When Pa Joad and Tom are talking about how they got some money to go on the trip, poor Uncle John carries the bed spring out the door three times.

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