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 (2)
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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
![Henry Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/296/164296957_834716.jpg)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Jane Darwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348342_2f5b4f.png)
Jane Darwell
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Love Is News (1937)
Caged (1950)
![John Carradine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469493_dd517e.jpg)
John Carradine
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Charley Grapewin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499963_100aa5.jpg)
Charley Grapewin
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
![Dorris Bowdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272403_3e19bc.jpg)
Dorris Bowdon
USA
Best movies:
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
![Russell Simpson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505177_270187.jpg)
Russell Simpson
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Dodge City (1939)
![O.Z. Whitehead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/599/161599464_c8a51e.jpg)
O.Z. Whitehead
USA
Best movies:
The Lion in Winter (1968)
A Song Is Born (1948)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
![John Qualen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792766_12ea22.jpg)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Eddie Quillan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273547_f5c86f.jpg)
Eddie Quillan
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Frank Sully](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/111/163111423_9d54df.jpg)
Frank Sully
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
![Frank Darien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559443_9d3407.jpg)
Frank Darien
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
![Darryl Hickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274460_dccc92.jpg)
Darryl Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
If I Were King (1938)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Grant Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812478_4ec884.jpg)
Grant Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Charles D. Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011760_6d6ab6.jpg)
Charles D. Brown
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
John Arledge
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Dark Passage (1947)
![Ward Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496837_676b1d.jpg)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Selmer Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948634_afe05a.jpg)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
![Charles Middleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471372_569e9d.jpg)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Eddy Waller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673707_dfb517.jpg)
Eddy Waller
USA
Best movies:
Woman on the Run (1950)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
![Joe Sawyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000152_0b2744.jpg)
Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gilda (1946)