The Grapes of Wrath poster
Director John Ford
Screenplay Nunnally Johnson

The Grapes of Wrath

Drama1940

Tagline: The Joads step right out of the pages of the novel that has shocked millions!

Release Date: 1940-03-15

Duration: 129 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Henry Fonda
    Tom Joad
  • John Carradine
    Casy
  • Eddie Quillan
    Connie Rivers
  • Irving Bacon
    Driver
  • Harry Cording
    Deputy (uncredited)
  • James Flavin
    Guard (uncredited)
  • Jane Darwell
    Ma Joad
  • Grant Mitchell
    Caretaker
  • Ward Bond
    (uncredited)
  • Dan White
    Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)