The Grapes of Wrath

Based On the book by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It was based on John Steinbeck's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and the executive producer was Darryl F. Zanuck. The film tells the story of the Joads, an Oklahoma family of sharecroppers, who, after losing their farm to increased mechanization during the Great Depression in the 1930s, become migrant workers, and end up in California.

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Release date:

1940

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Shirley Mills, John Qualen

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1940 in adaptations