
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
7.8|15 Mar, 1940|129 min
The Joads step right out of the pages of the novel that has shocked millions!
7.8|15 Mar, 1940|129 min
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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.
Language
Budget$800,000
Revenue $1,591,000
English
Budget$800,000
Revenue $1,591,000
Keywords
farm
california
based on novel or book
capitalism
ex-detainee
oklahoma
great depression
road trip
jail
Casts

Henry Fonda
Tom Joad

Jane Darwell
Ma Joad

John Carradine
Casy

Charley Grapewin
Grandpa Joad

Dorris Bowdon
Rosasharn

Russell Simpson
Pa Joad

O.Z. Whitehead
Al Joad

John Qualen
Muley Graves

Eddie Quillan
Connie Rivers

Zeffie Tilbury
Grandma Joad

Frank Sully
Noah

Frank Darien
Uncle John

Darryl Hickman
Winfield

Shirley Mills
Ruth Joad

Roger Imhof
Thomas
Grant Mitchell
Caretaker

Charles D. Brown
Wilkie

John Arledge
Davis

Harry Tyler
Bert

William Pawley
Bill

Charles Tannen
Joe

Selmer Jackson
Inspection Officer

Charles Middleton
Leader

Eddy Waller
Proprietor

Paul Guilfoyle
Floyd
David Hughes
Frank

Cliff Clark
City Man

Joe Sawyer
Bookkeeper

Frank Faylen
Tim

Adrian Morris
Agent
Hollis Jewell
Muley's Son

Robert Homans
Spencer

Irving Bacon
Driver
Kitty McHugh
Mae

Gino Corrado
Chef (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Deputy (uncredited)

Francis Ford
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Herbert Heywood
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Mae Marsh
Muley's Wife (uncredited)

Dan White
Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)

Wally Albright
Boy Who Bragged of Eating Chicken (uncredited)

Erville Alderson
Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)

Robert J. Anderson
Hungry Boy (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth
Father (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette
Jule - Bouncer at Dance (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
Migrant (uncredited)

George P. Breakston
Boy (uncredited)

Buster Brodie
Migrant (uncredited)
Delmar Costello
Migrant (uncredited)
W.H. Davis
Migrant (uncredited)

Emily Gerdes
Migrant (uncredited)

Barney Gilmore
Migrant (uncredited)
Edna Hall
Migrant (uncredited)

Charles Herzinger
Migrant (uncredited)
Harry Holden
Migrant (uncredited)

David Kirkland
Migrant (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Migrant (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw
Migrant (uncredited)
Frank Newburg
Migrant (uncredited)
Walter Perry
Migrant (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
Migrant (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Migrant (uncredited)
Charles Thurston
Migrant (uncredited)
D.H. Turner
Migrant (uncredited)
John Wallace
Migrant (uncredited)

Charles West
Migrant (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Guard (uncredited)

James Flavin
Guard (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Guard (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Guard (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Deputy (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn
Deputy (uncredited)

Bob Reeves
Deputy (uncredited)

Lee Shumway
Deputy (uncredited)

Paul Sutton
Deputy (uncredited)

William Haade
Deputy with shogun (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
Deputy #1 (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook
Deputy / Troublemaker (uncredited)

Tom Tyler
Deputy Handcuffing Casy (uncredited)
Thornton Edwards
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Rex Lease
Cop (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)

Louis Mason
Man in Camp (uncredited)

Walter McGrail
Gang Leader (uncredited)

Walter Miller
New Mexico Border Guard (uncredited)

George O'Hara
Clerk (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
State Policeman (uncredited)

Inez Palange
Woman in Camp (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton
Gas Station Attendant #2 in Needles (uncredited)

Robert Shaw
Gas Station Attendant #1 in Needles (uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Camp Helper (uncredited)

Dick Rich
Keene Ranch Guard (uncredited)
Gloria Roy
Waitress (uncredited)

Peggy Ryan
Hungry Girl (uncredited)

Georgia Simmons
Woman (uncredited)

Harry Strang
Fred - Trucker #2 at Diner (uncredited)

Glen Walters
Woman Who Gets Shot (uncredited)

Norman Willis
Joe - Shot at Floyd (uncredited)
Bill Wolfe
Square-Dance Caller (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Migrant (uncredited)
Josephine Allen
Migrant
John Binns
Migrant
Leon Brace
Migrant
Henry Brahe
Migrant
Scotty Brown
Migrant
Hal Budlong
Migrant
Nora Bush
Migrant
Shirley Coates
Girl in Migrant Camp
Cal Cohen
Migrant
Cecil Cook
Migrant

Jim Corey
Buck Jackson - Witness at Dance
Jane Crowley
Migrant
Helen Dean
Migrant

John Dilson
Bookseller

Lillian Drew
Migrant

Ward Bond
(uncredited)
Crews
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Robert L. Simpson
Editor

Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Richard Day
Art Direction
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
George Leverett
Sound Designer

Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Edmund H. Hansen
Sound Designer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer

Robert Parrish
Sound Effects Editor
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Designer

John Ford
Director

Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer
Bert Shipman
Camera Operator
Cliff Shirpser
Camera Supervisor
Otto Brower
Second Unit

Charles Gemora
Makeup Artist
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Ralph Dietrich
Production Manager
Gustaf Norin
Makeup Department Head
Vic Jones
Gaffer
Sam Benson
Costume Supervisor
Bill McLellan
Gaffer
William Sittel
Assistant Property Master
Bernard McEveety
Unit Production Manager

John Steinbeck
Novel
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