| The Grapes of Wrath (1940),
				Director: John Ford, rated Approved 
				The Joads step 
				right out of the pages of the novel that has shocked millions! 
				
				 
		
				
		 Starring: Henry 
				Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell 
		Simpson, John Qualen, Grant Mitchell, Ward Bond 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★★★ 
				- perfect 
				DML Top 50 
				#28 -
				Dad's Full (Spoiler) Review 
				and Deep Dive of The Grapes of 
				Wrath  
				"If I was to pray, I'd 
				pray for folks that's alive and don't know which way to turn." -
				Jim "Preacher" Casy 
				Why watch this? The 
				Great Depression left a deep scar on an entire American 
				generation. 
				Plot Summary: 
				This deeply American story follows the Joad family, Oklahoma 
				sharecroppers who lose their farm to foreclosure during the Dust 
				Bowl and Great Depression. Led by newly paroled son Tom, they 
				embark on a difficult journey to California, lured by the 
				promise of work and a better life. However, upon arrival, they 
				face immense hardship, poverty, exploitation, and social 
				injustice alongside thousands of other migrant workers seeking 
				the same elusive dream. Dad's Preview: 
				This is the great film, from the great novel about 
				the Great Depression. After the collapse of the banking system 
				in America, men lost jobs, farmers went broke and families were 
				starving. The poorest of the poor, from places like Enid, 
				Oklahoma or Mena, Arkansas, loaded up everything they had and 
				headed West to find work in the fields of California. This is 
				the painful odyssey of America's forgotten, as seen through the 
				brilliant lens of legendary director John Ford. 
				 Darryl F. Zanuck, 
				Nunnally Johnson; 20th Century Fox
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