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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Film · 1940 · 129 min · NR · Drama

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

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.

Directed by John Ford

Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen

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In cinemas15 March 1940
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First release anywhere15 March 1940

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