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