Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
Nunnally JohnsonCinematography:
Gregg TolandComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Frank Sully (more)VOD (1)
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This remarkable film version of Steinbecks novel was nominated for seven Academy Awards®, including for Best Picture, Actor (Henry Fonda), Film Editing, Sound and Writing. John Ford won the Best Director Oscar® and actress Jane Darwell won Best Actress for her portrayal of Ma Joad, the matriarch of the struggling migrant farmer family. Following a prison term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by weather and the greed of the banking industry. With little work potential on the horizon of the Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up and heads for the promised land ? California. But the arduous trip and harsh living conditions they encounter offer little hope, and family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other they face. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Frank Faylen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312427_6ae956.jpg)
Frank Faylen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Adrian Morris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726555_a8a36b.jpg)
Adrian Morris
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
If I Were King (1938)
![Irving Bacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000029_a0f98d.jpg)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Tom Tyler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004015_4c2b2b.jpg)
Tom Tyler
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![George P. Breakston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505233_2ccd83.jpg)
George P. Breakston
France
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Jesse James (1939)
![Mae Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279680_87e7fa.jpg)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Pat Flaherty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000248_6efdc2.jpg)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
![Dan White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228302_b2c2cf.gif)
Dan White
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Max Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/381/159381932_f062f5.jpg)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Harry Tenbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762318_70f863.jpg)
Harry Tenbrook
Norway
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Gino Corrado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471074_8c3e28.jpg)
Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
Fury (1936)
![Robert Homans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480886_ec12f7.jpg)
Robert Homans
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Peggy Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/668/159668392_6a439c.jpg)
Peggy Ryan
USA
Best movies:
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Follow the Boys (1944)
![Walter Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330147_696397.jpg)
Walter Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
The Raven (1935)
Waclaw Rekwart
Poland
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Charles Tannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874797_6103c6.jpg)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud Ones (1956)
![Cliff Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/892/159892122_dee53e.gif)
Cliff Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![Harry Tyler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/906/159906984_bada71.jpg)
Harry Tyler
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
![Trevor Bardette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/161/159161554_f8a507.jpg)
Trevor Bardette
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Gun Crazy (1950)