The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Release date: 1940-03-15
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: John Ford
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Drama, History
Rating: 8.0/10
Length: 2h 9min

Storyline

The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck's iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family -- led by just-paroled son Tom -- loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens of other families making the same trek and holding onto the same dream. Once in California, however, the Joads soon realize that the promised land isn't quite what they hoped.

Plot Keywords

great depression, cowboy shirt, hunger, dancing, death of grandmother, earring, farmhouse, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, dancer, cabin, starvation, strike, tractor, deep focus, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship

Short Review

Movies will probably go on improving and broadening themselves; but in any event, The Grapes of Wrath is the most mature picture story that has ever been made, in feeling, in purpose, and in the use of the medium.