The Grapes of Wrath ★★★½ 1940 John Steinbeck's classic American novel about the Great Depression. We follow the impoverished Joad family as they migrate from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to find work in the orchards of California and as they struggle to maintain at least a little of their dignity and pride. A sentimental but dignified, uncharacteristic Hollywood epic. 129m/B VHS. Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Zeffie Tilbury, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, O.Z. Whitehead, Grant Mitchell;
Director:
John Ford;
Writer:
Nunnally Johnson;
Writer:
Gregg Toland. Oscars '40: Director (Ford), Support. Actress (Darwell); AFI '98: Top 100, Natl. Film Reg. '89;; N.Y. Film Critics '40: Director (Ford), Film.
