The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

March 15, 1940 (US) • Drama • 129m

Overview

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.

Director

John Ford

Writers

Nunnally Johnson, John Steinbeck

Top Billed

Henry Fonda

Keywords

farm california based on novel or book capitalism ex-detainee oklahoma great depression road trip jail

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Top Billed Cast

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

Ward Bond

Policeman

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

Migrant (uncredited)

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

Willie (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

Peg-Leg 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 (uncredited)

John Binns

Migrant (uncredited)

Leon Brace

Migrant (uncredited)

Henry Brahe

Migrant (uncredited)

Scotty Brown

Migrant (uncredited)

Hal Budlong

Migrant (uncredited)

Nora Bush

Migrant (uncredited)

Shirley Coates

Girl in Migrant Camp (uncredited)

Cal Cohen

Migrant (uncredited)

Cecil Cook

Migrant (uncredited)

Jim Corey

Buck Jackson - Witness at Dance (uncredited)

Jane Crowley

Migrant (uncredited)

Helen Dean

Migrant (uncredited)

John Dilson

Bookseller (uncredited)

Lillian Drew

Migrant (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson

Migrant (uncredited)

Tex Cooper

Migrant (uncredited)

Billy Elmer

Migrant (uncredited)

William Gillis

Migrant (uncredited)

Don Hawks

Migrant (uncredited)

Jules Michelson

Migrant (uncredited)

Richard Neill

Migrant (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Deputy (uncredited)

Spencer Quinn

Boy (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Deputy (uncredited)

William Sundholm

Migrant (uncredited)

Pearl Varvalle

Migrant (uncredited)

Eleanore Vogel

Migrant (uncredited)

Harry Wallace

Migrant (uncredited)

Jack Walters

Migrant (uncredited)

Jim Welch

Migrant (uncredited)

Bill Worth

Migrant (uncredited)

Crew

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

Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Robert Parrish

Sound Effects Editor

John Ford

Director

Nunnally Johnson

Associate Producer

Bert Shipman

Camera Operator

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

Bill McLellan

Gaffer

William Sittel

Assistant Property Master

John Steinbeck

Novel

Myrtle Ford

Hairstylist

Bernard McEveety

Unit Manager

Otto Brower

Second Unit Director

Andy Kisch

Assistant Property Master

Ed Jones

Props

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

George Leverett

Sound Mixer

Edmund H. Hansen

Sound

Richard Farnsworth

Stunts

Charles G. Clarke

Second Unit Director of Photography

Eddie Garvin

Assistant Camera

Paul Garnett

Assistant Camera

Ralph Hoge

Grip

Lou Kunkel

Camera Operator

Emmett Schoenbaum

Still Photographer

Cliff Shirpser

Assistant Camera

Sam Benson

Wardrobe Supervisor

Harry Kernell

Wardrobe Master

Josephine Perrin

Wardrobe Master

Mary Crumley

Assistant Editor

Robert Parrish

Negative Cutter

Jack Wells

Assistant Editor

Alfred Newman

Music Director

Danny Borzage

Musician

Louis Kaufman

Musician

Meta Stern

Script Supervisor

Reviews

Andres Gomez

⭐ 10/10

January 19, 2013

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.